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. 2020 Jan 8:8:e47019.
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e47019. eCollection 2020.

Knock knock, who's there?: marine invertebrates in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

Hellen Ceriello  1   2 , Celine S S Lopes  1   2 , James Davis Reimer  3 , Torkild Bakken  4 , Marcelo V Fukuda  5 , Carlo Magenta Cunha  6 , Sérgio N Stampar  1   2
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Knock knock, who's there?: marine invertebrates in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

Hellen Ceriello et al. Biodivers Data J. .

Abstract

This study reports on the fauna found in/on tubes of 10 species of Ceriantharia and discusses the characteristics of these occurrences, as well as the use of mollusc shells in ceriantharian tube construction. A total of 22 tubes of Ceriantharia from Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Norway, Portugal and the United States were analysed, revealing 58 species of marine invertebrates using them as alternative substrates. Based on a literature review and analyses of the sampled material, we report new occurrences for Photis sarae (Crustacea), Microgaza rotella (Mollusca), Brada sp., Dipolydora spp., Notocirrus spp., and Syllis garciai (Annelida). The use of mollusc shells in tube construction increases the tubes' structural resistance and strength. Ceriantharian tubes are suitable alternative substrates for the dwelling of numerous tubicolous and infaunal species that usually burrow into sediments or anchor on fixed or mobile habitats seeking shelter, thus playing a relevant role as local biodiversity hotspots.

Keywords: Crustacea; Mollusca; Polychaeta; Biodiversity; Hotspots; Tube-dwelling anemones..

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Figure 1a.
Figure 1a.
Some Mollusca found on ceriantharian tubes. (A) Schwartziella bryerea (B) Parvanachis obesa (C) Bittiolum varium (D) Cerithidea balteata (E) Chrysallida sp. (F) Liotella sp. (G) Emarginula sp. (H) Bostrycapulus odites (I) Collonista rubricincta (J) Eulima sp. (K) Microgaza rotella (L) Turbonilla sp. (M) Caecum regulare (N) Puncturella noachina (O) Basterotia elliptica (P) Ervilia nitens (Q) Macomopsis melo (R) Cumingia lamellosa (S) Musculus lateralis (T) Cardites micellus (U) Tivela sp. (V) Sphenia fragilis. Scale bars (A-N) 500 µm (O–U) 500 µm (V) 100 µm.
Figure 1b.
Figure 1b.
Some Crustacea and Polychaeta found in/on ceriantharian tubes. (A) Monocorophium acherusicum (B) Idotea balthica (C) Cymadusa filosa (D) Paranthura urochroma (E) Photis sarae, female and male, respectively (F) Ampelisca burkei (G) Chondrochelia savignyi (H) Elasmopus pectenicrus (I) Nereis sp. (J) Phyllodocidae, indet. (K) Cirriformia sp. (L) Sternaspis sp. Scale bars: (A-H) 1000 μm (I) 2000 μm (J) 600 μm (K) 1000 μm (L) 3000 μm.
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