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Scientific Name: Dasybranchus caducus (Grube, 1846)
English Name: Clamworm
Local/Bangla Name: Somudra Bicha (সমুদ্র বিছা), Somudra Changa (সমুদ্র ছ্যাংগা)
Clamworm - Somudra Bicha (সমুদ্র বিছা), Somudra Changa (সমুদ্র ছ্যাংগা) - Dasybranchus caducus - Type: Fireworms

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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Family: Capitellidae
Description:
The prostomium is short and cone-shaped. The thoracic segments are characterized by being doubly ringed and checkered. The abdominal parapodia resemble slight ridges that carry lines of hooks. There’s a small mid-dorsal space between the front rows of abdominal hooks on the notopodia. The hooks have hoods that are at most twice as long as they are wide, and each hook consists of three to four rows, each with approximately eight similar denticles above the primary fang
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Shakbaria, Patkosta, Kalagachia and Kaga of the Sundarbans estuary
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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