Volutid shells as settlement substrates and refuge in soft bottoms of the SW Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Schejter, Laura, Escolar, Mariana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences
• Subjects: ADELOMELON ANCILLA; ODONTOCYMBIOLA MAGELLANICA; EPIBIOSIS; ANTHOLOBA ACHATES; ISOTEALIA ANTARCTICA; SHELL USE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Refugio; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101610

In this contribution we highlighted the importance of the gastropod Adelomelon ancilla (living and empty shells) as settlement substrate for the sea anemones Antholoba achates and Isotealia antarctica in soft bottoms of the SW Atlantic Ocean. Fifty percent of the sampled shells of A. ancilla present...