Biology:Diplochaetetes
Diplochaetetes is an extinct genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae.[1] It was initially described as a tabulate coral,[2] and later classified as a sponge.[3] Later studies provided significant evidence that Diplochaetetes fossils are bioconstructions attributable to cirratulid polychaetes due to their strong similarity with modern Dodecaceria aggregates.[4][5][6] Both fossil Diplochaetetes and recent Dodecaceria bioconstructions retain identical double-phased biomineralization characteristics, but the possible synonymity of these genera is currently subject to debate.[7]
Fossil record
The first Diplochaetetes fossils were discovered in Namibian sediments dating back to the Eocene.[2] No known Paleocene record has been described, but from the Oligocene onwards, aggregates are found in the pacific coasts of the Americas.[3][8] It's worth noting that recent bioconstructions are attributed to the genus Dodecaceria.[6]
Species
The following species are currently recognised in the genus Diplochaetetes:[1]
- Diplochaetetes longitubus † Weissermel, 1913
- Diplochaetetes longitubus vermicularis † Weissermel, 1926
- Diplochaetetes mexicanus † Wilson, 1986
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Diplochaetetes Weissermel, 1913". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324451.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Uber tertiäre Versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser Diamantfeldern II. Tabulaten und Hydrozoen". Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 5: 84–111. 1913.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The first tertiary sclerosponge from the Americas". Palaeontology 29 (3): 577–583. 1986.
- ↑ "Discussion of the colonial tube-building polychaetous annelid Dodecaceria fistulicola Ehlers". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 51: 103–107. 1952. doi:10.3160/0038-3872-51.3.103.
- ↑ "Skeletal structure, growth, and paleoecology of the patch reef-buildingpolychaete worm Diplochaetetes mexicanus wilson, 1986 from the oligocene of baja california (Mexico)". Geobios 22 (6): 761–775. 1989. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(89)80071-3. Bibcode: 1989Geobi..22..761F. https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/bitstreams/b5c09cf4-537a-4ac7-bb58-dc025c288447/download.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Organomineralization of cirratulid annelid tubes-fossil and recent examples". Facies 42 (1): 35–49. 2000. doi:10.1007/BF02562565. Bibcode: 2000Faci...42...35F.
- ↑ "Double-phased controlled and influenced biomineralization in marine invertebrates: The example of Miocene to recent reef-building polychaete cirratulids from southern Peru". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 639. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112060. Bibcode: 2024PPP...63912060G.
- ↑ "First report on the cirratulid (Annelida, Polychaeta) reefs from the Miocene Chilcatay and Pisco Formations (East Pisco Basin, Peru)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences 107. 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103042. Bibcode: 2021JSAES.10703042K.
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