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21 November 2024 Colonial Entoproct Epibiotic on a Sea Spider
Keiichi Kakui, Shogo Sekiguchi
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Abstract

We report an entoproct epibiotic on the surface of a sea spider (Pycnogonida). The pycnogonid was identified as Nymphon sp. (Nymphonidae). The entoproct was colonial, with three zooids, and was identified both morphologically and by a molecular phylogeny as Barentsia sp. (Barentsiidae). The largest zooid had eight tentacles and was about 0.7 mm long, smaller than for most colonial entoproct species. We determined partial sequences for the 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA genes from the entoproct. In an 18S-based maximum likelihood tree (1507 characters), the entoproct was the sister taxon to Barentsia gracilis.

Keiichi Kakui and Shogo Sekiguchi "Colonial Entoproct Epibiotic on a Sea Spider," Zoological Science 41(6), 529-532, (21 November 2024). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240070
Received: 19 July 2024; Accepted: 2 September 2024; Published: 21 November 2024
KEYWORDS
benthos
epibiont
Kamptozoa
phylogeny
Pycnogonida
sessile
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