Biology of Boccardia proboscidea

(Relevant references with species biology information)

Bailey-Brock, J.H. (2000).
  A new record of the polychaete Boccardia proboscidea (family Spionidae), imported to Hawai'i with oysters. Pacific Science 54: 27-30.
 Relevant content: Boccardia proboscidea was introduced to an oyster culture farm at Keahole, Hawai'i, with a shipment of Ostrea edulis from Maine.

Blake, J.A.;Kudenov, J.D. (1978).
  The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Mem. Nat. Mus. Vic. 39: 171-280.
 Relevant content: Record for Australia

Blake, J.A.;Kudenov, J.D. (1981).
  Larval development, larval nutrition and growth for two Boccardia species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Victoria, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 6: 175-182.
 Relevant content: Boccardia proboscidea exhibits an unusual form of adelphophagia where 2 forms of larvae co-occur within the egg capsules.

Gibson, G.; Paterson, I. G. ; Taylor, H; Woolridge, B (1999).
  Molecular and morphological evidence of a single species, Boccardia proboscidea (Polychaeta : Spionidae), with multiple development modes. Marine Biology 134: 743-751.
 Relevant content: Boccardia proboscidea description (fig) at La Jolla, Victoria, and reproduction modes.

Gibson, G.D. (1997).
  Variable development in the spionid Boccardia proboscidea (Polychaeta) is linked to nurse egg production and larval trophic mode. Invertebrate Biology 116: 213-226.
 Relevant content: Patterns of larval development in Boccardia proboscidea within one population (La Jolla, CA) vary both among broods produced by different females, and also within a single brood.

Light, W.J. (1978).
  Invertebrates of the San Francisco Bay Estuary System. Spionidae. Polychaeta Annelida. xxxx xxxx: 211.
 Relevant content: Boccardia proboscidea information.

Petch, D.A. (1995).
  Morphological variation in the spionid polychaete Boccardia proboscidea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 107: 25-30.
 Relevant content: Examines many specimens of Polydora proboscidea from many sites in Australia, USA, Japan, Panama, Alaska. Only worms from the latter two sites may differ significantly.

Smith, H.L.;Gibson, G.D. (1999).
  Nurse egg origin in the polychaete Boccardia proboscidea (Spionidae). Invertebrate reproduction & development 35: 177-185.
 Relevant content: Nurse eggs in Boccardia proboscidea appear to arise as do viable oocytes. After spawning, nurse eggs produce fertilization envelopes indicating that development has been activated. Etc.

Some biological information might be found in the Boccardia proboscidea taxonomic literature.

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