Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2018

Seiten: 1-9

Zeitschrift: ZooKeys

Bandnummer: 2018

Heftnummer: 780

ISSN: 1313-2989

eISSN: 1313-2970

Open Access Status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.780.26388

Verlag: Pensoft Publishers

Abstract: 
Aliaporcellana spongicola sp. n. from the Philippines and Indonesia is described. The new species has been frequently photographed by divers because of its striking coloration, but has not been described yet. Aliaporcellana spongicola sp. n. is in fact a widespread commensal of barrel sponges of the genus Xesto-spongia and other sponges. Morphological characters and ecological information of all described species of Aliaporcellana, and of other porcellanids associated with sponges and soft corals, suggest that all members of the genus are commensals, and that similar morphological adaptations to dwelling on these hosts have evolved independently in different evolutionary lines within Porcellanidae.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Hiller, A. and Werding, B. (2018) On a new commensal species of Aliaporcellana from the western Pacific (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae), ZooKeys, 2018(780), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.780.26388

APA-Zitierstil: Hiller, A., & Werding, B. (2018). On a new commensal species of Aliaporcellana from the western Pacific (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae). ZooKeys. 2018(780), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.780.26388