Polydora (polychaete)
| Polydora | |
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| Polydora ciliata (above) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Spionida |
| Family: | Spionidae |
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| Genus: | Polydora , 1802[1] |
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Polydora is a genus of annelid worms.[2] It contains marine polychaete species that live in mud, holes bored in rocks, and holes bored in the shells of shellfish.[3][4]
Some shell-[5] and rock-boring[citation needed] polydora worms leave a characteristic double hole in the rock and shells in which they burrow.
Etymology[]
From the Ancient Greek Πολυδωρη, from Polydora, daughter of Tethys and Ocean in Greek mythology.[1][6]
Economic effects[]
Polydora species are a major economic issue for parts of the shellfish industry.[7] Some species cause "mudblister" on oysters, living inside the oyster shell and roughening its interior surface. Although this makes the oyster grow much more slowly, and makes the shell ugly and harder to sell, the meat of the oyster is still fit to eat.[5]
List of Polydora species[]
- Langerhans, 1880
- Polydora ciliata
- Moore
- Andrews
- Bosc, 1802
- Claparede, 1870
- Polydora glycymerica Radashevsky, 1993
- Hannerz, 1956
- Claparede, 1870
- Ward, 1981
- Webster
- Ward, 1981
- Jones, 1962
- Jacobi
- (Schmarda)
- Woodwick, 1964
- Hartman, 1943
References[]
- ^ a b Gil, João (2016). "Polydora Bosc, 1802". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Polydora Bosc, 1802".
- ^ Javed Mustaquim (1986). "Morphological variation in Polydora ciliata complex (Polychaeta: Annelida)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86: 75–88. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01808.x.
- ^ "Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory Home".
- ^ a b "AAAS" (PDF).
- ^ the Theogony of Hesiod (ll. 346–370); see Wikisource
- ^ Gao Yan (2014). "Ultrastructure developments during spermiogenesis in Polydora ciliata (Annelida: Spionidae), a parasite of mollusca". Journal of Ocean University of China. 13 (6): 1071–1077. Bibcode:2014JOUC...13.1071G. doi:10.1007/s11802-014-2309-y. S2CID 82002612.
External links[]
Data related to Polydora at Wikispecies
Media related to Polydora at Wikimedia Commons
- Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2015. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Polydora
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