Boccardia acus
| Boccardia acus | |
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| Grooves on the shell of Austrovenus stutchburyi created by B. acus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Spionida |
| Family: | Spionidae |
| Genus: | Boccardia |
| Species: | B. acus |
| Binomial name | |
| Boccardia acus (Rainer, 1973) | |
Boccardia acus is a species of annelid worm from the family Spionidae.[1]
Biology
B. acus bores into the shell of Austrovenus stutchburyi (New Zealand cockle), which groves on the surface of the shell. As a result of the worm boring into the shell where the adductor muscle of A. stutchburyi attaches, it weakens the muscle and makes it difficult for the cockle to move. As a result of this, both A. stutchburyi and B. acus become more vulnerable to predation.[2]
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- ↑ Rainer, S (1973). "Polydora and related genera (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Otago waters". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 3 (4): 545–564. doi:10.1080/03036758.1973.10421857. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ↑ Mouritsen, K N (2004). "Intertidal facilitation and indirect effects: causes and consequences of crawling in the New Zealand cockle". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 271: 218–219. Bibcode:2004MEPS..271..207M. doi:10.3354/meps271207. ISSN 0171-8630. JSTOR 24867435.
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