Notes on animal associations. 5. The pea crab Pinnotheres deccanensis Chopra inside the respiratory tree of the sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra Jager

Jones, S. ; Mahadevan, S. (1965) Notes on animal associations. 5. The pea crab Pinnotheres deccanensis Chopra inside the respiratory tree of the sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra Jager Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 7 (2). pp. 377-380. ISSN 0025-3146

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Abstract

In sluggish and comparatively defenceless nature of the holothurians make them convenient hosts to many commensals and parasites. A variety of commensals, from protozoans to fish, have been reported from them of which the most interesting and classical example is the pearl fish, Carapus formerly known under Fierasfer.

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