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    The shipworms, also called Teredo worms or simply Teredo (from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn) 'wood-worm', via Latin terēdō), are marine bivalve molluscs...
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  • StudioCanal and The Picture Company, and is an adaptation of the podcast Shipworm. A man has an implant in his brain which issues him instructions. James...
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  • Kuphus polythalamius (known as giant tamilok) is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. The tube of Kuphus polythalamius...
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  • Teredo tunneling protocol was Shipworm. The idea was that the protocol would pierce through NAT devices, much as the shipworm (a kind of marine wood-boring...
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    Teredo navalis, commonly called the naval shipworm or turu, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. This species...
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  • portoricensis, known commonly as the Puerto Rico shipworm, is a species of wood-boring clam or shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Teredinidae...
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  • (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage Coleophora teredo...
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  • Lithoredo is a genus of shipworm native to the Abatan River in the Philippines. It contains a single species, Lithoredo abatanica, described in June 2019...
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  • Kuphus (redirect from Giant shipworm)
    Kuphus is a genus of shipworms, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae. While there are four extinct species in the genus, the only extant...
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    filled with sediment as exposed wood was devoured by the larva or the shipworm.[citation needed] Shipwreck B also consisted of a large pile of amphorae...
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    protecting dikes in the Netherlands were phased out due to the spread of shipworm infestations. Dynamic revetments use gravel or cobble-sized rocks to mimic...
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    bipartitus (Jeffreys, 1860) – furrow shipworm Lyrodus dicroa (Roch, 1929) Lyrodus floridanus (Bartsch, 1922) – Florida shipworm Lyrodus massa (Lamy, 1923) Lyrodus...
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    well-preserved, as the Baltic's cold and brackish water does not suit the shipworm. Storm surge floods are generally taken to occur when the water level is...
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    dishes and foods prepared using clams Mussel – Type of bivalve mollusc Shipworm – Family of molluscs Water purification – Process of removing impurities...
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  • shipworm, gould shipworm Bankia martensi (Stempell, 1899) Bankia neztalia (Turner and McKoy, 1979) Bankia setacea (Tryon, 1863) – feathery shipworm Bankia...
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  • of the largest pest threats to waterlogged wood includes shipworms (Teredinidae). Shipworms bore into wood that is immersed in seawater.[citation needed]...
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  • metagenomics, and FISH-probe microscopy in the typhlosole sub-organ of the shipworm cecum as a symbiont digesting lignin. The genus contains eight species...
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    knoxi (Bartsch, 1917) – foliaceous shipworm, knox shipworm Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) – Norway shipworm "Nototeredo". Integrated Taxonomic...
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    plants, the most important of which is the giant tamilok, the largest shipworm species in the world. The species can only be found within the area, and...
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    Naturalist said, "It is stated also that the operations of the Teredo [Shipworm] suggested to Mr. Brunel his method of tunnelling the Thames." The composition...
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    various other living forms such as larvae, insects, millipedes, centipedes, shipworms (teredo worms), or even some vertebrates (creatures with a backbone) such...
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  • hardened material placed on a skeg to protect the skeg from damage by shipworms. bugeye A type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay by the early...
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    with 3,923 sheets of copper below the waterline to protect it against shipworm. On 2 December 1781, the ship, now commanded by Captain Henry Cromwell...
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    brackish waters of the Baltic because, he reasoned, they were free from the shipworm Teredo navalis, which usually destroys submerged wood rapidly in warmer...
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    lightweight wood (specific gravity of 0.27) is resistant to termites and shipworms, so it is used as timber for structures and outrigger canoes. Its wood...
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    cooked in coconut water with lemongrass. Of particular interest is tamilok (shipworm), which is either eaten raw or dipped in an acidic sauce such as vinegar...
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    than gold, hats, trinkets, gunpowder and firearms and alcohol. Tropical shipworms were eliminated in the cold Atlantic waters, and at each unloading, a...
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  • paint the bottoms of wooden ships, both to seal the ships and to prevent shipworms from damaging the hulls. Tar was created by piling up pine logs and burning...
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    tube worm" is, however, also applied to the largest living species of shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius, which despite the name "worm", is a bivalve mollusc...
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    life. The insulation could be eaten, for instance, by species of Teredo (shipworm) and Xylophaga. Hemp laid between the steel wire armouring gave pests a...
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