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First Indonesian record of Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau et al., 1968 (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), endosymbiont of Fungia spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae).

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Hoeksema, B. W.; Achituv, Y.

Source:

Basteria, Volume 57, p.131-138 (1993)

Keywords:

Anthozoa, BIOGEOGRAPHY, BIVALVIA, CORALLIOPHILIDAE, Ecology, ENDOSYMBIOSIS, FUNGIA, FUNGICAVA, FUNGIIDAE, GASTROPODA, HOST SPECIES, INDONESIA, LEPTOCONCHUS, LITHOPHAGA, MYTILIDAE, PROSOBRANCHIA, SCLERACTINIA

Abstract:

The mytilid bivalve Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau, Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968, previously mistakenly referred to as F. eilatensis Soot-Ryen, 1969, is reported for the first time from Indonesia. It lives as an obligate endosymbiont of mushroom corals, particularly Fungia spp., reef-dwelling corals restricted to the tropical Indo-Pacific. Notes are given on its asociation with different host species, its habitat, its biogeography, and possible competition with endosymbiotic gastropods belonging to the genus Leptoconchus (Coralliophilidae).

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