Biology of Dipolydora giardi

(Relevant references with species biology information)

Day, R.L.; Blake, J.A. (1979).
  Reproduction and larval development of Polydora giardi Mesnil (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Biological Bulletin 156: 20-30.
 Relevant content: Polydora giardi reproduction.

Sato-Okoshi, W. (1999).
  Polydorid species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Japan, with descriptions of morphology, ecology and burrow structure. 1. Boring species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79: 831-848.
 Relevant content: Burrow structures were species-specific. The Dipolydora species excavated more varied, distinct burrows.

Sato-Okoshi, W.;Okoshi, K. (2000).
  Structural characteristics of self-excavated burrows by boring polydorid species (Polychaeta, Spionidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 67: 235-248.
 Relevant content: Burrow structure of three common boring spionids, including Dipolydora giardi, , inhabiting Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, was examined using SEM.

Some biological information might be found in the Dipolydora giardi taxonomic literature.

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