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Scientific Name: Nereis lamellosa Ehlers, 1868
English Name: Clamworm
Local/Bangla Name: Nereis (নেরিস)
Photo: Gravina et al.(2015)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae
Description:
The head and front segments exhibit a light brown coloration. The prostomium is equally wide and long, featuring two antennae and two short tentacular cirri. The proboscis has conical paragnaths on both the basal and maxillary rings. The peristomial segment lacks appendages. The first two parapodia are unbranched. In the front parapodia, there are three upper lobes and a short dorsal cirrus. In the middle parapodia, the middle lobe gradually diminishes, and the upper lobe expands, having a dorsal cirrus near its end. In the rear parapodia, the upper lobes are large and leaf-like, with a short dorsal cirrus in a terminal notch; the middle lobe is absent, and the lower notopodial lobe has a lance-shaped form.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Shakbaria, Kalagachia and Kaga areas of the 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.
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