Dodecaceria | |
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Dodecaceria pulchra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Order: | Terebellida |
Family: | Cirratulidae |
Genus: | Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843 |
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Dodecaceria is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae. [1] It's also one of the very few polychaete genera with a verified fossil record.
The genus contains bioluminescent species. [2]
The earliest species on record, Dodecaceria cretacea (Voigt, 1971), later reclassified as the ichnofossil Caulostrepsis cretacea, was responsible for leaving boring traces on Late Cretaceous coral reefs. [3] Authors such as Fischer et al. (1989, [4] 2000 [5] ) have proposed that Diplochaetetes fossil bioconstructions may be attributed to Dodecaceria due to synonymity. A research by Guido et al. (2024) [6] reported very similar double-phased biomineralization processes in bioconstructions attributed to these genera.
The following species are recognised in the genus Dodecaceria: [1]