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Scientific Name: Dendronereis arborifera Peters, 1854
English Name: Clamworm
Local/Bangla Name: Somudra Bicha (সমুদ্র বিছা), Somudra Changa (সমুদ্র ছ্যাংগা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae
Description:
The head has two very short, two-part palps, along with two pairs of prominent black eyes. The pairs of eyes on each side are positioned close together. The prostomium is deeply divided between the antennae. The peristome lacks appendages and carries four pairs of tentacular cirri, with the rear dorsal pair being the longest and the front ventral pair being the shortest. The proboscis does not have paragnaths or papillae. The front feet have a simple, tapering dorsal cirrus. The notopodium features three lobes, while the neuropodium has four post-setal lobes and one or two pre-setal lobes in the rear part of the body. The ventral cirrus is short. In the branchiferous feet, the notopodium is divided into three lobes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarban mangrove forest
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.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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