New Echinoderm-Crab Epibiotic Associations from the Coastal Barents Sea
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling and Processing
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Other Epibionts | Echinoderm Epibiont | |||||
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Sea Star | Sea Urchin | Sea Star | Sea Star | Brittle Star | Sea Cucumber | |
2010 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | |
Ampelisca sp. | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789 | – | 2 | ||||
Callopora lineata (L., 1767) | – | – | + | – | + | – |
Caprella sp. | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Chone sp. | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Coryne hincksi Bonnevie, 1898 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Crisia denticulata (Lamarck, 1816) | – | – | + | – | + | – |
Disporella hispida (Fleming, 1828) | – | – | + | – | + | – |
Ectinosoma normani Scott T. & A., 1896 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Harmothoe imbricata (L., 1767) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
Harpacticus chelifer (O.F. Müller, 1776) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Ischyrocerus anguipes Krǿyer, 1838 | – | – | – | – | 71 | 1 |
Ischyrocerus commensalis Chevreux, 1900 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 113 | 68 |
Johanssonia arctica (Johansson, 1898) | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863) | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
Obelia longissima (Pallas, 1766) | – | + | – | – | + | – |
Patinella verrucaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | – | – | – | – | + | – |
Semibalanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1767) | – | – | – | – | 40 | – |
Tisbe furcata (Baird, 1837) | – | 1 | 45 | 20 | 251 | 17 |
Tisbe minor (Scott T. & A., 1896) | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Tisbe tenera (Sars G.O., 1905) | – | – | 20 | – | 4 | |
Tricellaria arctica (Busk, 1855) | – | + | + | – | + | – |
Zaus spinatus (Goodsir, 1845) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleDvoretsky, Alexander G., and Vladimir G. Dvoretsky. 2021. "New Echinoderm-Crab Epibiotic Associations from the Coastal Barents Sea" Animals 11, no. 3: 917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030917