Please send me some high resolution images, and preferably one or two
low magnification pictures as well. I am thinking of cirratulid
colonies, Dodecaceria spec., which are not my specialism
(Serpulidae), but of which I studied some examples 15 years ago
(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.). I have seen material of Dodecaceria coralii from Georgia,
Sapelo Sound, N of Blackbeard Island.
wormly,
dr. Harry A. ten Hove
Zoological Museum
University of Amsterdam
Mauritskade 57
P.O.B. 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam
the Netherlands
H.A.tenHove from uva.nl
At 16:42 28-12-2009, you wrote:
>Hello,
>>I'm hoping for some help with a mystery rock found on a southern
>North Carolina (USA) beach fronting the Atlantic Ocean (image attached).
>>A preliminary guess is that they are Serpulid colonies, but the form
>seems a little strange for that.
>>The rocks are occasionally found washed ashore on the sandy beach.
>They have been surf-worn, and are in rounded, flattened masses 5-30
>cm in greatest diameter. Their varied colors (black, gray,
>orange-brown, light tan suggest that they have been buried in
>differing sediments.
>>Close examination reveals that the rocks are highly porous and
>composed of a mass of tubes. The tubes appear calcareous, with no
>constituent sand grains visible through a loupe. The tubes are
>eroded open on the rock's exterior, and are circular, oval, or
>indented-oval in cross section, 1-3 mm in diameter.
>>I have numerous higher resolution images if needed.
>>Many thanks for any help with this puzzle.
>>Cheers,
>>Blair Witherington
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