Dodecaceria
Dodecaceria is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae. It's also one of the very few polychaete genera with a verified fossil record.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
Fossil record
The earliest species on record, Dodecaceria cretacea, later reclassified as the ichnofossil Caulostrepsis cretacea, was responsible for leaving boring traces on Late Cretaceous coral reefs. Authors such as Fischer et al. have proposed that Diplochaetetes fossil bioconstructions may be attributed to Dodecaceria due to synonymity. A research by Guido et al. reported very similar double-phased biomineralization processes in bioconstructions attributed to these genera.Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Dodecaceria:- Dodecaceria alphahelixae
- Dodecaceria ater
- Dodecaceria berkeleyi
- Dodecaceria capensis
- Dodecaceria carolinae
- Dodecaceria choromytilicola
- Dodecaceria concharum
- Dodecaceria coralii
- Dodecaceria cretacea †
- Dodecaceria dibranchiata
- Dodecaceria diceria
- Dodecaceria fistulicola
- Dodecaceria gallardoi
- Dodecaceria inhamata
- Dodecaceria joubini
- Dodecaceria laddi
- Dodecaceria meridiana
- Dodecaceria multifiligera
- Dodecaceria opulens
- Dodecaceria pacifica
- Dodecaceria pulchra
- Dodecaceria saeria
- Dodecaceria saxicola
- ''Dodecaceria sextentaculata''