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Invertebrates associated with gorgonians in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2011

Mary K. Wicksten  and
Carol Cox
Mary K. Wicksten*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3258, USA
Carol Cox
Affiliation:
202 Coral Drive, Port Saint Joe, Florida 32456, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.K. Wicksten, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3258, USA email: Wicksten@mail.bio.tamu.edu
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Abstract

The shrimps Neopontonides chacei, Tozeuma serratum and Periclimenes iridescens, a barnacle (Conopea galeata), two species of gastropods (Ovulidae) and the oyster Pteria colymbus live on Leptogorgia spp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico. For each species and related species in the area, we give records and notes on coloration and behaviour.

Keywords

GorgonaceaLeptogorgiaGulf of MexicoCarideaMolluscaConopeaOvulidae
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e79
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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