>Annelida folk,
>>A serious question - but be careful out there in Net land - it's April
>one!
What do you know?
>I am trying to think of the polychaetes which in some way can secrete
>calcium carbonate. So far I have the obvious in the tubes (& opercula) of
>Serpulidae,
Without actually searching my files, I would say that the most recent on
the topic is a series of papers by
Neff, J.M., 1968b.- Calcium carbonate formation by serpulid polychaete
worms: physiology and ultrastructure. Diss. Abstr. 29B, 4: 1489.
Neff, J.M., 1969a.- Mineral regeneration by serpulid worms. Biol. Bull.
136, 1: 76-90, 7 figs.
Neff, J.M., 1969b.- Ultrastructure of the ventral shield epithelium of the
serpulid Pomatoceros caeruleus Schmarda. Amer. Zool. 9, 4: 1145-1146.
Neff, J.M., 1971a.- Ultrastructural studies of the secretion of calcium
carbonate by the serpulid polychaete worm Pomatoceros caeruleus. Z.
Zellforsch. mikrosk. Anat. 120: 160-186, 22 figs.
Neff, J.M., 1971b.- Ultrastructure of calcium phosphate-containing cells in
the serpulid Pomatoceros caeruleus. Calc. Tiss. Res. 7: 191-200, 5 figs, 1
tab.
In view of the locality where he worked, and presumably sampled his
material, North Carolina, the correct name most probably should be
Pomatoceros americanus though.
>and also those of the cirratulid Dodecaceria fewkesi, the
>calcified jaws of some Eunicida, the calcified setae of Amphinomidae. What
>other candidates and structures are there?
More information on Dodecaceria in:
Hove, H.A. ten, & P. van den Hurk, 1993.- A review of Recent and fossil
serpulid "reefs"; actuopaleontology and the 'Upper Malm' serpulid
limestones in NW Germany. Geol. Mijnbouw 72: 23-67, 12 figs, 5 tabs.
The correct reference for Calcisabella:
Perkins, T.H., 1991.- Calcisabella piloseta, a new genus and species of
Sabellinae (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Proc. 3rd Int. Polychaete Conf., Bull.
Mar. Sci. 48, 2: 261-267, 3 figs.
By the way, I found more material of Calcisabella in the Seychelles,
according to Tom Perkins undistinguishable (except for pigmentation) from
the Lizard Island specimens.
wormly all,
Harry A. ten Hove
Institute for Systematics and Population Biology
Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam
POB 94766, 1090 GT AMSTERDAM
TEL. 3120 5256906
FAX. 3120 5255402
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