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Schizobranchia
''Schizobranchia'' is a genus of marine Sabellidae, feather duster worm. It is closely related to ''Pseudopotamilla'' and ''Eudistylia'', and is distinguished by its dichotomously branched radioles. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3887545 Sabellida Polychaete genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizobranchia Insignis
''Schizobranchia insignis'' is a marine Sabellidae, feather duster worm. It may be commonly known as the split-branch feather duster, split-plume feather duster, and the feather duster worm. It may be found from Alaska to Central California, living on pilings and rocks, intertidal to 46 m. It is particularly abundant on the underside of wharves in Puget Sound, Washington (state), Washington, and on wharves at Boston Harbor marina. Specimens of ''S. insignis'' are generally 10–20 cm long, and 5–10 mm in diameter, with tubes which are whitish and pliable. The tentacular crown is uniform orange, red, mauve, tan, brown, grey, or green in color. Among sabellids of the Pacific Northwest, ''S. insignis'' is unique in that all radioles are dichotomously branched at least once. Radioles of ''Eudistylia polymorpha'' are not branched, and only a few of the radioles of ''E. vancouveri'' are branched. Life history ''Schizobranchia insignis'' is free-spawning, releasing gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizobranchia Affinis
''Schizobranchia'' is a genus of marine feather duster worm. It is closely related to '' Pseudopotamilla'' and ''Eudistylia ''Eudistylia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms. The type species is ''Eudistylia gigantea'', now accepted as ''Eudistylia vancouveri''. This worm lives in a parchment-like tube with a single opening from which a crown of tentacles projects ...'', and is distinguished by its dichotomously branched radioles. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3887545 Sabellida Polychaete genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabellidae
Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms characterized by protruding feathery branchiae. Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, parchment-like exudate, strengthened with sand and bits of shell. Unlike the other sabellids, the genus ''Glomerula'' secretes a tube of calcium carbonate instead. Sabellidae can be found in subtidal habitats around the world. Their oldest fossils are known from the Early Jurassic. Characteristics Feather-duster worms have a crown of feeding appendages or radioles in two fan-shaped clusters projecting from their tubes when under water. Each radiole has paired side branches making a two-edged comb for filter feeding. Most species have a narrow collar below the head. The body segments are smooth and lack parapodia. The usually eight thoracic segments bear capillaries dorsally and hooked chaetae (bristles) ventrally. The abdominal segments are similar, but with the position of the capillaries and chaetae reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eudistylia
''Eudistylia'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms. The type species is ''Eudistylia gigantea'', now accepted as ''Eudistylia vancouveri''. This worm lives in a parchment-like tube with a single opening from which a crown of tentacles projects when the worm is submerged. It is a sessile filter feeder. the Eudistylia Vancouveri is unique because it has an opiculum which makes it possible to fully retract into the tube when predators are sensed. Characteristics The head is formed from the prostomium and peristomium, which are fused. It bears two bundles of radioles or feeding tentacles which together form the funnel-shaped multicolored branchial crown divided into two groups on the dorsal and ventral side of the head. Each radiole is pinnately divided and covered in cilia. It has a central stiffening rod of connective tissue, a number of eyespots and a feeding groove. There are a pair of small palps beside the radioles and a large funnel-shaped mouth. There are about eight thoraci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabellida
Sabellida is an order of annelid worms in the class Polychaeta Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are .... They are filter feeders with no buccal organ. The prostomium is fused with the peristomium and bears a ring of feathery feeding tentacles. They live in parchment-like tubes made of particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus. Members of the suborder include the feather duster worms (Sabellidae) and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
