A note on the obligate symbiotic association between crab Zebrida adamsii White, 1847 (Decapoda: Pilumnidae) and Flower Urchin Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816) (Camarodonta: Toxopneustidae) from the Gulf of Mannar, India

R. Saravanan; N. Ramamoorthy; I. Syed Sadiq; K. Shanmuganathan; G. Gopakumar

doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3878.7726-8

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Aug 2015)

A note on the obligate symbiotic association between crab Zebrida adamsii White, 1847 (Decapoda: Pilumnidae) and Flower Urchin Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816) (Camarodonta: Toxopneustidae) from the Gulf of Mannar, India

R. Saravanan,
N. Ramamoorthy,
I. Syed Sadiq,
K. Shanmuganathan,
G. Gopakumar

Affiliations

R. Saravanan: Marine Biodiversity Division, Mandapam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Mandapam Fisheries, Tamil Nadu 623520, India
N. Ramamoorthy: Marine Biodiversity Division, Mandapam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Mandapam Fisheries, Tamil Nadu 623520, India
I. Syed Sadiq: Marine Biodiversity Division, Mandapam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Mandapam Fisheries, Tamil Nadu 623520, India
K. Shanmuganathan: Marine Biodiversity Division, Mandapam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Mandapam Fisheries, Tamil Nadu 623520, India
G. Gopakumar: Marine Biodiversity Division, Mandapam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Mandapam Fisheries, Tamil Nadu 623520, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3878.7726-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 10
pp. 7726 – 7728

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The association of Parthenopid crab Zebrida adamsii and flower urchin Toxopneustes pileolus is reported for the first time from Gulf of Mannar. The Parthenopid crab Zebrida adamsii has been found to be associated exclusively with these sea urchins and this obligatory association has been studied by introducing another host sea urchin Salmacis virgulata to understand host preferences.

Flower urchin, Parthenopid crab, Obligate symbionts, Gulf of mannar, Sea urchin.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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