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Rhabdopleura recondita is a sessile hemichordate. It is a suspension feeder that secretes tubes on the ocean floor. It is found in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.

Distribution

Specimens of R. recondita were collected off the coast of Lecce Province in southeastern Italy.

Bryozoan hosts

Beli et al. (2018) found R. recondita living on bryozoan hosts, namely Myriapora truncata, Schizoretepora serratimargo, Celleporina caminata, and Reptadeonella violacea.

References

1. Strano, F.; Micaroni, V.; Beli, E.; Mercurio, S.; Scarì, G.; Pennati, R.; Piraino, S. (7 January 2019). "On the larva and the zooid of the pterobranch Rhabdopleura recondita Beli, Cameron and Piraino, 2018 (Hemichordata, Graptolithina)" (PDF). Marine Biodiversity. 49 (4): 1657–1666. Bibcode:2019MarBd..49.1657S. doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0933-2. hdl:2434/609584. ISSN 1867-1616. S2CID 57574388.
2. ^ Beli, Elena; Aglieri, Giorgio; Strano, Francesca; Maggioni, Davide; Telford, Max J.; Piraino, Stefano; Cameron, Christopher B. (2018). "The zoogeography of extant rhabdopleurid hemichordates (Pterobranchia: Graptolithina), with a new species from the Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 32 (1): 100. doi:10.1071/is17021. ISSN 1445-5226. S2CID 90961307.

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