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First record of Microzoanthidae (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) in Palau and as a biofouling organism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2013

James Davis Reimer  and
Takuma Fujii
James Davis Reimer*
Affiliation:
Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Takuma Fujii
Affiliation:
Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.D. Reimer, Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the RyukyusSenbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan email: jreimer@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
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Abstract

Here we report on the first record of the family Microzoanthidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) from Palau, and by extension in Micronesia. Unusually, the species Microzoanthus kagerou was found not in a coral reef environment as has been previously reported elsewhere, but instead inhabiting shaded seawater outflow pipes at the Palau Maricultural Developmental Center on Malakal Island, Koror.

Keywords

Palauzoanthidbiofoulingmicrozoanthidfirst record
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e103
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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