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Scientific Name: Leocrates claparedii (Costa, 1868)
English Name: Clamworm
Local/Bangla Name: Somudra Bicha (সমুদ্র বিছা), Somudra Changa (সমুদ্র ছ্যাংগা)
Photo: ELLTTORAL DE GRANADA
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Hesionidae
Description:
The body has a robust and cylindrical shape. The front part of the body, known as the prostomium, is divided into two lobes and features slender antennae and stout palps. Right in front of the prostomium, there is a sizable oval facial protrusion. The tentacular cirri are lengthy and have closely spaced rings. The proboscis has one sturdy, needle-shaped dorsal tooth and a finer, smaller ventral tooth. Capillaries on the notopodia start to appear around the fourth or fifth setiger, and they have serrated edges at their distal ends.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Muddy shores of Bakkhali river mouth in Coxs Bazar
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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