Dodecaceria

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Dodecaceria
Dodecaceria pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Cirratulidae
Genus: Dodecaceria
Örsted, 1843
Synonyms
  • Heterocirrus Grube, 1855
  • Naraganseta Leidy, 1855

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

Main article: Cirratulidae 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  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. ^ Voigt E (1971). "Fremdskulpturen an Steinkernen von Polychaeten-Bohrgängen aus der Maastrichter Tuffkreide". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 45(3-4): 144–153. doi:10.1007/BF02989572.
  4. ^ Fischer R, Galli Oliver C, Reitner J (1989). "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. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(89)80071-3.
  5. ^ Fischer R, Pernet B, Reitner, J (2000). "Organomineralization of cirratulid annelid tubes-fossil and recent examples". Facies. 42: 35–49. doi:10.1007/BF02562565.
  6. ^ Guido A, D'Amico F, DeVries TJ, Kočí T, Collareta A, Bosio G, Sanfilippo R (2024). "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: 112060. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112060.