Indications of mutual functional benefits within a polychaete-sponge association in the northern Red Sea.

Naumann, Malik S, Rix, Laura, Al-Horani, Fuad A and Wild, Christian (2016) Indications of mutual functional benefits within a polychaete-sponge association in the northern Red Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science, 92 (3). pp. 377-378. DOI 10.5343/bms.2015.1101.

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Abstract

Many polychaetes are commensals or parasitic symbionts of metazoan hosts that provide them with shelter and food. The genus Polydorella currently contains six species of polydorid polychaetes, of these five are described as inconspicuous epibionts (sized <2 mm) of Indo-Pacific sponges. Potential functional benefits generated by polydorid-sponge associations are still unresolved. Polydorid polychaetes may feed on detrital material accumulating on the sponge surface, but related evidence is lacking, as is knowledge on more basic properties, such as their feeding modes. Here, we report on a polydorid-sponge association observed in the Red Sea and provide new insights into potential functional benefits

Document Type: Article
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2017 12:41
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2019 15:12
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37120

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