Hoeksema & Achituv, 1993
| Author(s): | Hoeksema, B. W., Achituv, Y. |
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| Year: | 1993 |
| Title: | First Indonesian record of Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau et al., 1968 (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), endosymbiont of Fungia spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) |
| Journal: | Basteria |
| Volume: | 57 |
| Pages: | 131-138 |
| 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, particulary Fungia spp., reef-dwelling corals restricted to the tropical Indo-Pacific. Notes are given on its association with different host species, its habitat, its biogeography, and its possible competition with endosymbiotic gastropods belonging to the genus Leptoconchus (Coralliophilidae). |
| Keywords: | Bioerosion, Bivalvia, Indonesia, Mollusca, Paleontology, Recent |