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.
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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]
- Dodecaceria alphahelixae Blake & Dean, 2019
- Dodecaceria ater (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Dodecaceria berkeleyi Knox, 1972
- Dodecaceria capensis Day, 1961
- Dodecaceria carolinae Aguilar-Camacho & Salazar-Vallejo, 2011
- Dodecaceria choromytilicola Carrasco, 1977
- Dodecaceria concharum Örsted, 1843
- Dodecaceria coralii (Leidy, 1855)
- Dodecaceria cretacea † (currently accepted name: Caulostrepsis cretacea) (Voigt, 1971)
- Dodecaceria dibranchiata Blake & Dean, 2019
- Dodecaceria diceria Hartman, 1951
- Dodecaceria fistulicola Ehlers, 1901
- Dodecaceria gallardoi Carrasco, 1977
- Dodecaceria inhamata (Hoagland, 1919)
- Dodecaceria joubini Gravier, 1905
- Dodecaceria laddi Hartman, 1954
- Dodecaceria meridiana Elias & Rivero, 2009
- Dodecaceria multifiligera Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
- Dodecaceria opulens Gravier, 1908
- Dodecaceria pacifica (Fewkes, 1889)
- Dodecaceria pulchra Day, 1955
- Dodecaceria saeria Paterson & Neal, 2020
- Dodecaceria saxicola (Grube, 1855)
- Dodecaceria sextentaculata (Delle Chiaje, 1822-1826)
Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524. Voigt E (1971). "Fremdskulpturen an Steinkernen von Polychaeten-Bohrgängen aus der Maastrichter Tuffkreide". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 45(3-4): 144–153. doi:10.1007/BF02989572. Fischer R, Galli Oliver C, Reitner J (1989). "Skeletal structure, growth, and paleoecology of the patch reef-buildingpolychaete worm Diplochaetetes mexicanus wilson, 1986 from the oligocene of baja california (Mexico)". Geobios. 22(6): 761–775. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(89)80071-3. Fischer R, Pernet B, Reitner, J (2000). "Organomineralization of cirratulid annelid tubes-fossil and recent examples". Facies. 42: 35–49. doi:10.1007/BF02562565. Guido A, D'Amico F, DeVries TJ, Kočí T, Collareta A, Bosio G, Sanfilippo R (2024). "Double-phased controlled and influenced biomineralization in marine invertebrates: The example of Miocene to recent reef-building polychaete cirratulids from southern Peru". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 639: 112060. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112060.
