Reproductive Biology and Growth of the Genus Epizoanthus (Zoanthidea) From the North-East Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Muirhead, A., Tyler, P. A., Thurston, M. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400039709; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400039709

The genus Epizoanthus Gray is represented in the north-east Atlantic by three species, all of which live commensally with pagurid crabs. The shallowest-living of the three, Epizoanthus incrustatus (Duben and Koren) occurs with Anapagurus laevis (Bell) within the depth range 20–200 m (Manuel, 1981). Epizoanthus paguriphilus Verrill and Epizoanthus abyssorum Verrill are associated with Parapagurus pilosimanus (Smith), the former within the depth range 600–1550 m and the latter at 3500–4350 m.