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Burrowing hard corals occurring on the sea floor since 80 million years ago

We describe a previously unknown niche for hard corals in the small, bowl-shaped, solitary scleractinian, Deltocyathoides orientalis (Family Turbinoliidae), on soft-bottom substrates. Observational experiments were used to clarify how the sea floor niche is exploited by turbinoliids. Deltocyathoides...

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Autores principales: Sentoku, Asuka, Tokuda, Yuki, Ezaki, Yoichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24355