Shift of Feeding Mode in an Epizoic Stalked Barnacle Inducing Gall Formation of Host Sea Urchin
Summary: Among diverse stalked barnacles, Rugilepas pearsei (Thoracica: Cirripedia: Arthropoda) is a rare unique species that is associated with echinoids and has highly atrophied cirri. We rediscovered the barnacle for the first time from description and verified that the barnacles live obligately...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | iScience |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220300699 |