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Notes on animal associations. 4. The starfish, Pentaceros hedemanni (Lutken) and the Hesionid polychaete, Podarke angustifrons (Grube)

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Title Notes on animal associations. 4. The starfish, Pentaceros hedemanni (Lutken) and the Hesionid polychaete, Podarke angustifrons (Grube)
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Creator Jones,S
 
Subject polychaete
starfish
Podarke angustifrons
Pentaceros hedemanni
polynoids
echinoderm
 
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The occurrence of commensals in echinoderms is well known and examples are too many to be listed here. Association between starfishes and polychaetes especially polynoids is common (Hyman 1955). Hesionids and syllids also have been recorded from echinoderms. While watching some specimens in the Institute's aquarium my attention was drawn to a Pentaceros hedemanni harbouring in one of its ambulacral grooves a polychaete which was subsequently identified as a hesionid, Podarke angustifrons (Grube). The worm was found to emerge from the grooves winding its way through the podia and move about in the adambulacral region, rarely proceeding beyond the infra-ambulacral region. The starfish was attached to the vertical wall of the aquarium and though the movement of the podia did not appear to disturb
the polychaete, it reacted to any outside disturbance and retreated quickly to the ambulacral groove. The accompanying photographs (Plate I) show the polychaete in natural condition. Subsequently when broken open the starfish was found to harbour in all three specimens of P. angustifrons. Only very few of the starfish had the commensal and usually only one was on each, and never more
than three.
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Date 2021-08-09T09:40:28Z
2021-08-09T09:40:28Z
1964
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/53927
 
Language English
 
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Publisher MBAI