Biology:Dodecaceria

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Dodecaceria is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae.[1] It's also one of the very few polychaete genera with a verified fossil record.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

Fossil record

The earliest species on record, Dodecaceria cretacea (Voigt, 1971), later reclassified as the ichnofossil Caulostrepsis cretacea, was responsible for leaving boring traces on Late Cretaceous coral reefs.[3] Authors such as Fischer et al. (1989,[4] 2000[5]) have proposed that Diplochaetetes fossil bioconstructions may be attributed to Dodecaceria due to synonymity. A research by Guido et al. (2024)[6] reported very similar double-phased biomineralization processes in bioconstructions attributed to these genera.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Dodecaceria:[1]

  • Dodecaceria alphahelixae Blake & Dean, 2019
  • Dodecaceria ater (Quatrefages, 1866)
  • Dodecaceria berkeleyi Knox, 1972
  • Dodecaceria capensis Day, 1961
  • Dodecaceria carolinae Aguilar-Camacho & Salazar-Vallejo, 2011
  • Dodecaceria choromytilicola Carrasco, 1977
  • Dodecaceria concharum Örsted, 1843
  • Dodecaceria coralii (Leidy, 1855)
  • Dodecaceria cretacea(currently accepted name: Caulostrepsis cretacea) (Voigt, 1971)
  • Dodecaceria dibranchiata Blake & Dean, 2019
  • Dodecaceria diceria Hartman, 1951
  • Dodecaceria fistulicola Ehlers, 1901
  • Dodecaceria gallardoi Carrasco, 1977
  • Dodecaceria inhamata (Hoagland, 1919)
  • Dodecaceria joubini Gravier, 1905
  • Dodecaceria laddi Hartman, 1954
  • Dodecaceria meridiana Elias & Rivero, 2009
  • Dodecaceria multifiligera Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  • Dodecaceria opulens Gravier, 1908
  • Dodecaceria pacifica (Fewkes, 1889)
  • Dodecaceria pulchra Day, 1955
  • Dodecaceria saeria Paterson & Neal, 2020
  • Dodecaceria saxicola (Grube, 1855)
  • Dodecaceria sextentaculata (Delle Chiaje, 1822-1826)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129246. 
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524. 
  3. "Fremdskulpturen an Steinkernen von Polychaeten-Bohrgängen aus der Maastrichter Tuffkreide". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 45 (3–4): 144–153. 1971. doi:10.1007/BF02989572. Bibcode1971PalZ...45..144V. 
  4. "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. Bibcode1989Geobi..22..761F. http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7119. 
  5. "Organomineralization of cirratulid annelid tubes-fossil and recent examples". Facies 42 (1): 35–49. 2000. doi:10.1007/BF02562565. Bibcode2000Faci...42...35F. 
  6. "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. Bibcode2024PPP...63912060G. 

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