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Scientific Name: Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905)
English Name: Clamworm
Local/Bangla Name: Nereis (নেরিস)
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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae
Description:
The prostomium has a pronounced notch between the antennae. The peristomium lacks appendages and carries four pairs of short tentacular cirri. All the paragnaths may be pale and barely noticeable. The notopodia have two lobes in all the feet, but the upper one is consistently small and becomes progressively smaller towards the rear. The dorsal cirri are longer than the notopodial lobes. In the rear notopodia, there are one or two substantial homogomph falcigers, featuring blades with two or three large teeth.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarban Estuary area
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) 2009 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 16. Annelida Echainodermata Acanthocephala and Minor Phyla.. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 232 pp.
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