The wentletrap Epitonium hartogi spec. nov. (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), associated with bubble coral species, Plerogyra spec. (Scleractinia: Euphyllidae), off Indonesia and Thailand
Gittenberger, A. (2006). The wentletrap Epitonium hartogi spec. nov. (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), associated with bubble coral species, Plerogyra spec. (Scleractinia: Euphyllidae), off Indonesia and Thailand, in: Gittenberger, A. The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hostsin the Indo-Pacific = De evolutionaire geschiedenis van parasitaire slakken en hun gastheer koralen in de Indo-Pacific. pp. 112-121
In: Gittenberger, A. (2006). The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hostsin the Indo-Pacific = De evolutionaire geschiedenis van parasitaire slakken en hun gastheer koralen in de Indo-Pacific. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Leiden: Leiden. ISBN 90-9021100-4. 249 pp., more
Related to:Gittenberger, A. (2003). The wentletrap Epitonium hartogi spec. nov. (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), associated with bubble coral species, Plerogyra spec. (Scleractinia: Euphyllidae), off Indonesia and Thailand. Zool. Verh. 345: 139-150, more
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| Keywords |
Animal products > Coral
Biological development > Larval development
Cells > Sexual cells > Eggs
Developmental stages > Larvae > Invertebrate larvae > Molluscan larvae > Veligers
Parasites
Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812) [WoRMS]; Epitonium hartogi A. Gittenberger, 2003 [WoRMS]; Plerogyra Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 [WoRMS]
I, Indo-Pacific [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Indo-Pacific; parasites; coral reefs; coral/mollusc associations; egg-capsules; veligers; Epitoniidae; Epitonium; billeeanum; hartogi; larval development; radulae; jaws; Euphyllidae; Plerogyra |
| Abstract |
This is the first record of an association between a wentletrap species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) and coral species of the Euphyllidae (Scleractinia), i.e. Plerogyra simplex and P. diabolotus. While describing Epitonium hartogi spec. nov., special attention is given to the ontogenetic development within the eggcapsules, the structure and microsculpture of the opercula, the radulae, and the microsculpture on the radular jaws. These characters proved to be at least partly diagnostic in the epitoniid species Epitonium albidum, E. billeeanum, E. costulatum, E. hoeksemai, E. ingridae, E. lochi, E. millecostatum, E. pyramidalis, E. twilae, E. ulu and Nitidiscala tincta. Spiculae-like crystals covering the epitoniid egg-capsules are described; such crystals are also present within the tentacles of the Plerogyra host. |
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