Pomatoceros lamarckii

{{short description|Species of annelid}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Pomatoceros lamarckii

| image = Pomatoceros lamarckii trochophore.jpg

| image_caption = Pomatoceros lamarckii trochophore

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Annelida

| classis = Polychaeta

| ordo = Canalipalpata

| familia = Serpulidae

| genus = Pomatoceros

| species = P. lamarckii

| binomial = Pomatoceros lamarckii

| binomial_authority = (Quatrefages, 1866)

| synonyms =

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Pomatoceros lamarckii is a species of tube-building annelid worms which is widespread in intertidal and sub-littoral zones around the United Kingdom and northern Europe. They are found attached to firm substrates, from rocks to animal shells to man made structures, and often are noted for their detrimental effect on shipping.{{cite journal|last1=Hamer|first1=John P|title=Settlement of Pomatoceros lamarkii (Serpulidae) larvae on biofilmed surfaces and the effect of aerial drying|journal=Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology|volume=260|issue=1|pages=113–131|doi=10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00247-7|pmid=11358574|year=2001|last2=Walker|first2=Graham|last3=Latchford|first3=John W}} It is closely related to, and often confused with, Pomatoceros triqueter.

Pomatoceros lamarckii has been the subject of a number of scientific investigations, due to its presence near sites of historic scientific study, relatively underived mode of development {{cite journal|last1=McDougall|first1=Carmel|journal=Frontiers in Zoology|date=1 January 2006|volume=3|issue=1|pages=16|doi=10.1186/1742-9994-3-16|pmid=17032451|pmc=1615870|last2=Chen|first2=Wei-Chung|last3=Shimeld|first3=Sebastian M|last4=Ferrier|first4=David EK|title=The development of the larval nervous system, musculature and ciliary bands of Pomatoceros lamarckii (Annelida): Heterochrony in polychaetes |doi-access=free }} and slowly evolving genetic complement.{{cite journal|last1=Takahashi|first1=Tokiharu|title=An EST screen from the annelid Pomatoceros lamarckii reveals patterns of gene loss and gain in animals|journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|date=1 January 2009|volume=9|issue=1|pages=240|doi=10.1186/1471-2148-9-240|last2=McDougall|first2=Carmel|last3=Troscianko|first3=Jolyon|last4=Chen|first4=Wei-Chung|last5=Jayaraman-Nagarajan|first5=Ahamarshan|last6=Shimeld|first6=Sebastian M|last7=Ferrier|first7=David EK|pmid=19781084|pmc=2762978 |doi-access=free }} Recently this organism has been the subject of in depth transcriptomic investigation.{{cite journal|last1=Kenny|first1=Nathan J|title=Additive multiple k-mer transcriptome of the keelworm Pomatoceros lamarckii (Annelida; Serpulidae) reveals annelid trochophore transcription factor cassette|journal=Development Genes and Evolution|volume=222|issue=6|pages=325–339|doi=10.1007/s00427-012-0416-6|pmid=23053624|year=2012|last2=Shimeld|first2=Sebastian M|s2cid=10930299}}

File:Pomatoceros lamarckii development.jpg