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Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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| Family: | Teredinidae (shipworms) | |||
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| Environment: | benthic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-Pacific. | |||
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| Biology: | May reach a length of 155 cm and a diameter of 6 cm. Found intertidal in mangrove mud (Ref. 53). Giant bivalve that burrows in black, organic-rich sediments in a marine bay, setting it apart from wood-boring shipworms. Descended from wood-feeding ancestors. Feeds by harboring sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic (thioautotrophic) bacteria in contrast with other shipworms which use cellulolytic symbionts to obtain nutrition from decaying wood (Ref. 114919). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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