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<p>An updated inventory of the cnidarian species living as epibionts on Crustacea was conducted. Cnidarian species that attach themselves to gastropod shells of hermit crabs were also considered. One hundred and forty-eight species of cnidaria were included, with similar numbers of hydrozoans and anthozoans. There were 163 basibiont species that were mostly decapod species. The presence of these epibionts on different crustacean species and their taxonomic positions were indicated. This review is intended to serve as a useful tool for future studies of this type of epibiosis.</p>
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An updated inventory of the cnidarian species living as epibionts on Crustacea was conducted. Cnidarian species that attach themselves to gastropod shells of hermit crabs were also considered. One hundred and forty-eight species of cnidaria were included, with similar numbers of hydrozoans and anthozoans. There were 163 basibiont species that were mostly decapod species. The presence of these epibionts on different crustacean species and their taxonomic positions were indicated. This review is intended to serve as a useful tool for future studies of this type of epibiosis.

A review of cnidarian epibionts on marine crustacea

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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An updated inventory of the cnidarian species living as epibionts on Crustacea was conducted. Cnidarian species that attach themselves to gastropod shells of...

A review of cnidarian epibionts on marine crustacea

Published Online: Oct 03, 2013

Page range: 347 - 357

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0092-9

Keywords
epibiosis, cnidaria, crustacea

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A review of cnidarian epibionts on marine crustacea

Published Online: Oct 03, 2013

Page range: 347 - 357

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0092-9

Keywordsepibiosis, cnidaria, crustacea

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
epibiosis, cnidaria, crustacea