The earliest species on record, Dodecaceria cretacea (Voigt, 1971), later reclassified as the ichnofossilCaulostrepsis cretacea, was responsible for leaving boring traces on Late Cretaceous coral reefs.[3] Authors such as Fischer et al. (1989,[4] 2000[5]) have proposed that Diplochaetetes fossil bioconstructions may be attributed to Dodecaceria due to synonymity. A research by Guido et al. (2024)[6] reported very similar double-phased biomineralization processes in bioconstructions attributed to these genera.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Dodecaceria:[1]
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^Voigt E (1971). "Fremdskulpturen an Steinkernen von Polychaeten-Bohrgängen aus der Maastrichter Tuffkreide". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 45(3-4): 144–153. doi:10.1007/BF02989572.
^Fischer R, Galli Oliver C, Reitner J (1989). "Skeletal structure, growth, and paleoecology of the patch reef-buildingpolychaete worm Diplochaetetes mexicanus wilson, 1986 from the oligocene of baja california (Mexico)". Geobios. 22(6): 761–775. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(89)80071-3.
^Fischer R, Pernet B, Reitner, J (2000). "Organomineralization of cirratulid annelid tubes-fossil and recent examples". Facies. 42: 35–49. doi:10.1007/BF02562565.
^Guido A, D'Amico F, DeVries TJ, Kočí T, Collareta A, Bosio G, Sanfilippo R (2024). "Double-phased controlled and influenced biomineralization in marine invertebrates: The example of Miocene to recent reef-building polychaete cirratulids from southern Peru". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 639: 112060. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112060.