Biology of Ficopomatus enigmaticus

(Relevant references with species biology information)

Probert, P.K. (1993).
  First record of the introduced fouling tubeworm Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) in Hawke Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20: 35-36.
 Relevant content: Second literature record for Ficopomatus enigmaticus.

Read, G.B.;Gordon, D.P. (1991).
  Adventive occurrence of the fouling serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus, Polychaeta, in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 269-274.
 Relevant content: As well as first occurrence report for Ficopomatus enigmaticus for New Zealand, is first report of Polydora cornuta

Schwindt, E. , Bortolus, A.;Iribarne, O.O. ().
  Invasion of a reef-builder polychaete: direct and indirect impacts on the native benthic community structure. Biological Invasions 3: 137-149.
 Relevant content: Example of abundant literature on occurrences and impact. Argentina Atlantic coast. Authors state Ficopomatus enigmaticus should be considered a bioengineer organism by creating and regulating refuge for other species, altering the interactions between preexistent species and also by changing the physical factors of the invaded environment.

Some biological information might be found in the Ficopomatus enigmaticus taxonomic literature.

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