Tube ultrastructure of Pomatoceros americanus (Polychaeta, Serpulidae): Implications for the tube formation of serpulids
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| Publication date | 2009 |
| Journal | Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences |
| Volume | Issue number | 58 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 148-152 |
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| Abstract | The inner tube layer of Pomatoceros americanus has a complex oriented ultrastructure, which cannot be explained by the standard granular secretion model, predicting a largely unoriented structure of the tube. In the lamello-fibrillar structure of the inner tube layer, the crystallization axis of crystals has a uniform orientation, which is not continuous through successive growth increments. The complex biomineral structures of P. americanus suggest a matrix-controlled crystallization model rather than solidification of a slurry with calcareous granules deposited on the tube aperture. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2009.2.05 |
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