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Reproductive Biology and Growth of the Genus Epizoanthus (Zoanthidea) From the North-East Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. Muirhead ,
P. A. Tyler  and
M. H. Thurston
A. Muirhead
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP
P. A. Tyler
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP
M. H. Thurston
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Brook Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB
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The genus Epizoanthus Gray is represented in the north-east Atlantic by three species, all of which live commensally with pagurid crabs. The shallowest-living of the three, Epizoanthus incrustatus (Duben and Koren) occurs with Anapagurus laevis (Bell) within the depth range 20–200 m (Manuel, 1981). Epizoanthus paguriphilus Verrill and Epizoanthus abyssorum Verrill are associated with Parapagurus pilosimanus (Smith), the former within the depth range 600–1550 m and the latter at 3500–4350 m.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 131 - 143
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1986

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