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Scientific Name: Namanereis quadraticeps Blanchard, 1849 Author name
English Name: Clamworm
Local/Bangla Name: Somudra Bicha (সমুদ্র বিছা), Somudra Changa (সমুদ্র ছ্যাংগা)
Photo: Wikipedia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae
Description:
It is slim and has a yellowish hue. The prostomium is approximately as wide as it is long and has small antennae and short, wide palps. There are four pairs of short tentacular cirri. The proboscis lacks both hard chitinous structures and soft papillae. The parapodia are almost unbranched, each featuring a small dorsal cirrus that is shorter than the setigerous lobe and about as long as the slender ventral cirrus. The notosetae consist of an aciculum and 1-3 heterogomph spinigers. The neurosetae include one or two spinigers and several heterogomph falcigers with blades that have coarse teeth.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bakkhali river mouth, 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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