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Fine structure of the tubes of Maldanidae (Annelida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2017

Tatiana D. Shcherbakova ,
Alexander B. Tzetlin ,
Maria V. Mardashova  and
Olga S. Sokolova
Tatiana D. Shcherbakova*
Affiliation:
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1–12, Moscow 119991, Russia
Alexander B. Tzetlin
Affiliation:
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1–12, Moscow 119991, Russia
Maria V. Mardashova
Affiliation:
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1–12, Moscow 119991, Russia
Olga S. Sokolova
Affiliation:
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1–12, Moscow 119991, Russia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. D. Shcherbakova, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1–12, Moscow 119991, Russia email: tatiana.shche@gmail.com
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Abstract

Many marine annelids are active tube builders. Several polychaete families make agglutinated tubes by fixing sediment particles with specific secretions from their epithelial glands. The fine structure of the tubes of six species of Maldanidae from five genera (Nicomache minor, N. lumbricalis, Maldane sarsi, Praxillella praetermissa, Axiothella catenata, Rhodine gracilior) was examined by scanning electron microscopy. These species exhibit different lifestyles. Nicomache minor and N. lumbricalis inhabit massive hard tubes attached to stones. Other species live in the sediment, Rhodine in rigid organic tubes, Praxillella, Axiothella and Maldane in sand or mud tubes. All the examined maldanid tubes have a similar basic structure. The inner sheath of the tubes is made of a hardened organic lining secreted by the worm. Fibres from the inner sheath fasten sediment particles of the agglutinated layer. In Nicomache the tube surface is covered with a fibrous outer layer. All tube layers contain variously arranged organic fibres, which form a 3D network in the agglutinated layer and fabric-like linings in the inner sheath and outer layer. The tubes of Maldanidae may be important for taxonomy, and useful for identification of fossils.

Keywords

PolychaetaMaldanidaeagglutinated tubestube structureSEM
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 97 , Special Issue 5: Proceedings of the 12th International Polychaete Conference Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Cardiff, Wales, UK, 1-5 August 2016 , August 2017 , pp. 1177 - 1187
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2017 

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