A note on a hitherto unreported association between Photis longicaudata (Crustacea : Amphipoda) and Cerianthus lloydii (Anthozoa : Hexacorallia)

Authors
Moore, PG Cameron, KS
Citation
Pg. Moore et Ks. Cameron, A note on a hitherto unreported association between Photis longicaudata (Crustacea : Amphipoda) and Cerianthus lloydii (Anthozoa : Hexacorallia), J MARINE BI, 79(2), 1999, pp. 369-370
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
ISSN journal
00253154 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
369 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(199904)79:2<369:ANOAHU>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A hitherto unreported association between the isaeid amphipod Photis longic audata and the hexacorallian Cerianthus llopdii is described and illustrate d from material collected near Millport, Clyde Sea area. By building their tubes around the outside rim of the anemones' tubes, this amphipod presumab ly gains proximity protection from predators.