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The colonies of the very small crustose anemone Bergia catenularis have very short polyps that form a chain-like encrustation on the surface of the sponges.
The polyps grow from each other by extensions (propagules), not from a common membrane. This species is characterized by a commensalistic and chain-like mode of colonization.
Polyps and coenenchyma are golden brown in color, have 10 capitular ridges, 20 tentacles with a maximum length of 1 mm,
The length and diameter of the extended polyps rarely exceeds 1 mm.
Host: symbiont sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae, in this case the sponge Petrosia (Petrosia) weinbergi van Soest, 1980.
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Authoren: Montenegro, Hoeksema, Santos, Kise
Hexcorallia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Dutch Caribbean with historical distribution records from the Atlantic and one new species of Parazoanthus
DOI:10.3390/d12050190
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (creativecommons.org).
The polyps grow from each other by extensions (propagules), not from a common membrane. This species is characterized by a commensalistic and chain-like mode of colonization.
Polyps and coenenchyma are golden brown in color, have 10 capitular ridges, 20 tentacles with a maximum length of 1 mm,
The length and diameter of the extended polyps rarely exceeds 1 mm.
Host: symbiont sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae, in this case the sponge Petrosia (Petrosia) weinbergi van Soest, 1980.
Source:
ReasearchGate
Authoren: Montenegro, Hoeksema, Santos, Kise
Hexcorallia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Dutch Caribbean with historical distribution records from the Atlantic and one new species of Parazoanthus
DOI:10.3390/d12050190
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (creativecommons.org).
