Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 1991

Seiten: 373-379

Zeitschrift: Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen

Bandnummer: 45

Heftnummer: 3

ISSN: 0174-3597

Open Access Status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02365526

Verlag: Biologische Anstalt Helgoland

Abstract: 
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus) (Echinoidea, Echinometridae) as host of a complex association in the Caribbean Sea. The association between Acyrtus rubiginosus (Gobiesocidae), Clastotoechus vanderhorsti (Porcellanidae), Ophiothrix sp. (Ophiotrichidae) and their rock-boring host Echinometra lucunter (Echinometridae) has been studied on the rocky shores of Santa Marta, Colombia. The three inhabitants of the sea urchin dwellings benefit from their cohabitation by receiving effective shelter from intertidal effects and from predators. The sea urchin, by contrast, seems neither to be benefitted nor harmed by the association.

Harvard-Zitierstil: SCHOPPE, S. (1991) ECHINOMETRA-LUCUNTER (LINNAEUS) (ECHINOIDEA, ECHINOMETRIDAE) AS HOST OF A COMPLEX ASSOCIATION IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 45(3), pp. 373-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02365526

APA-Zitierstil: SCHOPPE, S. (1991). ECHINOMETRA-LUCUNTER (LINNAEUS) (ECHINOIDEA, ECHINOMETRIDAE) AS HOST OF A COMPLEX ASSOCIATION IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. 45(3), 373-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02365526