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'''''Lithoredo |
'''''Lithoredo''''' is a genus of [[Shipworms|shipworm]] native to the [[Abatan River]] in the [[Philippines]]. It contains a single species, '''''Lithoredo abatanica''''', described in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1098/rspb.2019.0434|title = A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines|journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume = 286|issue = 1905|pages = 20190434|year = 2019|last1 = Shipway|first1 = J. Reuben|last2 = Altamia|first2 = Marvin A.|last3 = Rosenberg|first3 = Gary|last4 = Concepcion|first4 = Gisela P.|last5 = Haygood|first5 = Margo G.|last6 = Distel|first6 = Daniel L.|pmid = 31213180|pmc = 6599978|doi-access = free}}</ref> The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes [[limestone]]. It lacks the [[cecum]] which in other shipworms holds symbiotic bacteria which digest wood. Compared to other shipworms, lithoredo have differently shaped teeth which can finely grind stone. The worms use the tunnels to live in but their method of eating is not yet known. They may get nutrition from bacteria in their gills.<ref>[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-worm-species-has-eyes-its-butt-and-another-eats-rock-and-poops-sand-180972461/#s9KJ1lAWFEcBrZj8.99 These Two Newly Described Worms Have Really Strange, Yet Marvelous Butts], Jason Daley, ''Smithsonian'', June 21, 2019</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:32, 11 September 2021
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Family: | Teredinidae |
| Genus: | Lithoredo Shipway, Distel & Rosenberg, 2019 |
| Species: | L. abatanica
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| Lithoredo abatanica Shipway, Distel & Rosenberg, 2019
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Lithoredo is a genus of shipworm native to the Abatan River in the Philippines. It contains a single species, Lithoredo abatanica, described in June 2019.[1] The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes limestone. It lacks the cecum which in other shipworms holds symbiotic bacteria which digest wood. Compared to other shipworms, lithoredo have differently shaped teeth which can finely grind stone. The worms use the tunnels to live in but their method of eating is not yet known. They may get nutrition from bacteria in their gills.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Shipway, J. Reuben; Altamia, Marvin A.; Rosenberg, Gary; Concepcion, Gisela P.; Haygood, Margo G.; Distel, Daniel L. (2019). "A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1905): 20190434. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0434. PMC 6599978. PMID 31213180.
- ^ These Two Newly Described Worms Have Really Strange, Yet Marvelous Butts, Jason Daley, Smithsonian, June 21, 2019
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