Bispira brunnea

Bispira brunnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Sabellida
Family: Sabellidae
Genus: Bispira
Species:
B. brunnea
Binomial name
Bispira brunnea
(Treadwell, 1917)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Metalaonome brunnea Treadwell, 1917
  • Sabella bahamensis Augener, 1922

Bispira brunnea, the social feather duster or cluster duster,[2] is a species of marine bristleworm.[3] They tend to live in groups of individuals, and are common off the Caribbean islands in southeast North America. The feather duster has one crown of various colors, however, the color of the crown seems to be consistent within individual colonies.[4]

Taxonomy

This worm was first described in 1917 by the American zoologist Aaron Louis Treadwell, a specialist in annelids, who gave it the name Metalaonome brunnea. It was later transferred to the genus Bispira, becoming Bispira brunnea. The type locality is somewhere in the Bahamas.[1]

Description

Like other worms in the family Sabellidae, Bispira brunnea secretes itself a soft, non-calcareous tube, about 40 mm (1.6 in) in length from which it projects when feeding and into which it can retract. The tube is cemented to a hard surface, such as coral or rock, and white sand grains are cemented to the outside, using secretions from a gland just behind the worm's head. The trunk is segmented and the head bears the mouth, the sensory organs and a crown of radioles (feather-like tentacles). There are 18 to 28 radioles arranged in two semicircular whorls.[5]

This worm tends to grow in colonial groups; the crowns of radioles sway together with movements of the water, and when one is stimulated to retract, the others do likewise.[6] They are sensitive to vibrations in the water and thus difficult to observe. Colours are very variable, but the individuals in each group tend to have similar colourings; brown, orange, purple or banded, and often darker in the centre.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This worm is found throughout the Caribbean region and around the Bahamas and is often common. The tubes grow on rocks, corals and sandy sediment, under overhangs and in crevices, at depths down to about 35 m (115 ft). They prefer areas with vigorous water movement where there is plenty of suspended organic material and plankton.[5]

Ecology

Bispira brunnea feeds on plankton which are filtered from the water by the radioles. Lubricated by mucus, small pinnules move the food particles down a groove in the radiole to the worm's mouth in the centre of the crown. Whole colonies are either male, female or hermaphrodite. It is likely that these worms are protandrous hermaphrodites, starting life as males and becoming females when they are larger. If the crown is nipped off by a predator, it is able to regenerate in a few weeks.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Read, Geoffrey (2020). "Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Cluster Dusters, Social Feather Duster - Bispira spp". www.bluezooaquatics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  3. ^ Leslie Newman & Lester Robert Glen Cannon (2003). Marine Flatworms: The World of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 0643068295.
  4. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal: Social feather duster - Bispira brunnea". species-identification.org. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  5. ^ a b c d Didierlaurent, Sylvie; Scaps, Patrick; Lamare, Véronique (25 December 2018). "Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917)" (in French). DORIS. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ Colin, Patrick L. (1978). Marine Invertebrates and Plants of the Living Reef. T.F.H. Publications. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-86622-875-6.

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