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

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Title Notes on animal associations. 5. The pea crab Pinnotheres deccanensis Chopra inside the respiratory tree of the sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra Jager.
 
Creator Jones, S
Mahadevan, S
 
Subject Crabs
 
Description 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.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1965
 
Type Article
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Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1854/1/Jones_377-380.pdf
Jones, S and 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.