Diopatra

Diopatra is a genus of polychaete worms in the family Onuphidae.

Diopatra
Diopatra neapolitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Subclass:
Errantia
Order:
Eunicida
Family:
Onuphidae
Genus:
Diopatra

Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 [1]
Species
See text

Description

Members of this genus live in thick, parchment-like tubes that project from the sediment on the seabed. The tubes are covered on the outside by fragments of shell, algae, fibers and other small objects, collected by the worm and stuck in place by mucus. The worm's tube is a food-catching tool that creates a small micro-reef where small invertebrate prey reside. Diopatra dart partially out of the tube and grasp the prey with their maxillae and mandibles. Their large anterior parapodia help them to immobilize the prey.[2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes these species in the genus:[1]

  • Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971
  • Diopatra agave Grube, 1869
  • Diopatra akarana Knox & Hicks, 1973
  • Diopatra albimandibulata Paxton, 1993
  • Diopatra amboinensis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
  • Diopatra amoena Kinberg, 1865
  • Diopatra angolensis Kirkegaard, 1988
  • Diopatra bengalensis Hartman, 1974
  • Diopatra bilobata Imajima, 1967
  • Diopatra brasiliensis Kinberg, 1910
  • Diopatra brevicirris Grube, 1856
  • Diopatra bulohensis Tan & Chou, 1996
  • Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
  • Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1865
  • Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878
  • Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
  • Diopatra dentata Kinberg, 1865
  • Diopatra denticulata Fauchald, 1968
  • Diopatra dexiognatha Paxton & Bailey-Brock, 1986
  • Diopatra dubia Day, 1960
  • Diopatra farallonensis Fauchald, 1968
  • Diopatra gesae Paxton, 1998
  • Diopatra gigova Paxton, 1993
  • Diopatra hanleyi Paxton, 1993
  • Diopatra heterodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
  • Diopatra italica Castelnau, 1842
  • Diopatra khargiana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
  • Diopatra kristiani Paxton, 1998
  • Diopatra leuckarti Kinberg, 1865
  • Diopatra lilliputiana Paxton, 1993
  • Diopatra longicornis Kinberg, 1865
  • Diopatra longissima Grube, 1850
  • Diopatra maculata Paxton, 1993
  • Diopatra madeirensis Langerhans, 1880
  • Diopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866
  • Diopatra marocensis Paxton, Fadlaoui & Lechapt, 1995
  • Diopatra micrura Pires, Paxton, Quintino & Rodrigues, 2010
  • Diopatra monroi Day, 1960
  • Diopatra monroviensis Augener, 1918
  • Diopatra musseraensis Augener, 1918
  • Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
  • Diopatra neotridens Hartman, 1944
  • Diopatra obliqua Hartman, 1944
  • Diopatra oligopectinata Paxton, 1993
  • Diopatra ornata Moore, 1911
  • Diopatra papillata Fauchald, 1968
  • Diopatra paradoxa Quatrefages, 1866
  • Diopatra rhizoicola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
  • Diopatra rhizophorae Grube, 1856
  • Diopatra semperi Grube, 1878
  • Diopatra splendidissima Kinberg, 1865
  • Diopatra sugokai Izuka, 1907
  • Diopatra tridentata Hartman, 1944
  • Diopatra uncinifera Quatrefages, 1866
  • Diopatra variabilis Southern, 1921
  • Diopatra viridis Kinberg, 1865

References
  1. Fauchald, Kristian (2010). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  2. Diopatra Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine The Marine Biological Laboratory. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
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