TY - JOUR
AB - A remarkable association, most correctly designated as commensalism, is described between Terebellides stroemi and a small polychaete of the family Sphaerodoridae. A description is given of the commensal species which is new to science, together with some scattered observations on the commensal-host relation; the habitat of the commensal seems to be the tentacle crown of the host and it most probable feeds on the food particles strolled along the tentacles. The taxonomy of the Sphaerodoridae is revised with the conclusion that there exist two distinct genera, one of which for nomenclatural reasons should have its name changed, and it is proposed to employ the name Sphaerodoridium for this genus which among others includes the commensal species.
A1 - Lützen, Jörgen
DO - 10.21411/CBM.A.635247C6
JO - Cahiers de Biologie Marine
N1 - World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
IS - 4
SP - 409
EP - 416
C1 - 2(4): 409-416
TI - Sur une nouvelle espèce de polychète Sphaerodoridium commensalis n. gen., n. spec. (Polychaeta Errantia, famille des Sphaerodoridae) vivant en commensal de Terebellides stroemi Sars.
UR - https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.635247C6
VL - 2
PY - 1961
Y2 - 2024-03-28
ER -