The stony coral Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1848 as a new gall crab host (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae)
| Autor: | Godfried W.N.M. van Moorsel, Sancia E. T. van der Meij |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Associated organisms Coral Fauna Scleractinia Zoology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Agaricia tenuifolia Crustacea lcsh:Zoology Gall host specificity lcsh:QL1-991 lcsh:Science lcsh:QH301-705.5 Caribbean biology Host (biology) 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology biology.organism_classification Crustacean lcsh:Biology (General) Cryptochiridae lcsh:Q |
| Zdroj: | Nauplius, Volume: 26, Article number: e2018002, Published: 08 JAN 2018 Nauplius, Vol 26, Iss 0 (2018) |
| Popis: | Infrequently studied coral species are seldom mentioned as host organisms of associated fauna. Here we report on the stony coralAgaricia tenuifoliaDana, 1848 hosting a gall crab (Cryptochiridae) for the first time. This coral-dwelling crab was observed at the southern coast of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean. Based on the shape of the dwelling, and the host specificity of cryptochirids, the crab is tentatively identified asOpecarcinus hypostegus(Shaw & Hopkins, 1977). |
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