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Ophryotrocha puerilis Claparède & Mecznikow 1869

Ophryotrocha puerilis

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Ophryotrocha puerilis is a species of marine polychaete worms in the order Eunicida. It is native to the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is the type species of the genus Ophryotrocha.[1]

Biology

Ophryotrocha puerilis starts life as a male but later changes sex to female. Under certain circumstances it can change back to a male as a result of environmental cues; it switches sex if two female stages are put together, or if the tail of a female stage is removed, but it remains female if kept in isolation.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Read, Geoffrey (2010). "Ophryotrocha puerilis Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Dorresteijn, Adriaan W.C.; Westheide, Wilfried (2013). Reproductive Strategies and Developmental Patterns in Annelids. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 15. ISBN 978-94-017-2887-4.
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Ophryotrocha puerilis: Brief Summary

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Ophryotrocha puerilis is a species of marine polychaete worms in the order Eunicida. It is native to the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is the type species of the genus Ophryotrocha.

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Identification

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Paxton & Åkesson (2007:4) state "It could be argued that the species we call today O. labronica should be called O. puerilis [thus labronica would be a synonym] and the species we call today O. puerilis is not formally described or [was] described as Staurocephalus siberti McIntosh, 1885." However, these authors elected to maintain the current concepts.

Reference

Paxton, Hannelore ; Åkesson, Bertil. 2007. Redescription of Ophryotrocha puerilis and O. labronica (Annelida, Dorvilleidae). Marine Biology Research 3(1): 3-19.

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