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Life-Histories and Abundance of Epizoites of the Hydroid Nemertesia Antennina (L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. G. Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University, Reading, Berkshire

Extract

In Torbay, Nemertesia antennina (L.) hosts more than 150 epizoic species, most of which do not occur on other substrata in the area (Hughes, 1975). Five species, the amphipods Ericthonius brasiliensis (Dana), Pseudoprotella phasma (Montagu) and Corophium sextoni Crawford, and the gastropods Cingula semistriata (Montagu) and Cingula semicostata (Montagu), constitute 68 % of the free-living epizoites and are sufficiently abundant throughout the year to allow a study of their life-histories.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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