Teredinidae
Also known as Shipworms
The shipworms, also called teredo worms or simply teredo (, via Latin ), are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae, a group of saltwater clams with long and soft bodies. They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in seawater, including such structures as wooden piers, docks, and ships; they drill passages by means of a pair of very small shells ("valves") borne at one end, with which they rasp their way through. They are sometimes called "termites of the sea". Carl Linnaeus assigned the common name Teredo to the best-known genus of
Species
shipworms
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderMyida
- FamilyTeredinidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Die Schiffsbohrmuscheln (Teredinidae), auch Holzbohrmuscheln, Schiffsbohrwürmer oder Pfahlmuscheln genannt, sind eine Familie der Muscheln und gehören zur Ordnung der Myida. Die meisten Arten der Familie bohren im Holz und ernähren sich von abgeraspelten Holzspänen, aber auch in unterschiedlichem Maße von aus dem Wasser filtriertem Plankton. Wenigstens eine Art ernährt sich in erster Linie von chemoautotrophen (thiotrophen) Bakterien. Neun Arten wurden bisher in Europa bzw. europäischen Gewässern nachgewiesen. Kuphus polythalamia aus Südostasien ist die längste rezente Muschel. Der wurmförmige Weichkörper wird bis zu 1,90 m lang; allerdings bei einem Durchmesser von nur etwa 6 cm.
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- Characteristics
- Anatomy
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Habitat
- Cultural impact
- Culinary use
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The shipworms, also called teredo worms or simply teredo (, via Latin ), are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae, a group of saltwater clams with long and soft bodies. They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in seawater, including such structures as wooden piers, docks, and ships; they drill passages by means of a pair of very small shells ("valves") borne at one end, with which they rasp their way through. They are sometimes called "termites of the sea". Carl Linnaeus assigned the common name Teredo to the best-known genus of shipworms in the 10th edition of his taxonomic magnum opus, Systema Naturæ (1758).
== Characteristics == thumb|Teredo navalis from Popular Science Monthly, September 1878