Bryozoan assemblages on gastropod shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus comptus

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: López Gappa, Juan José, Zelaya, Diego Gabriel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: BRYOZOANS; BURDWOOD BANK; ORNAMENTATION COMPLEXITY; PAGURIZED GASTROPOD SHELLS; SOUTHERN SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentino; Burdwood Bank; Polar Biology; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150669

Bryozoans are common on gastropod shells inhabited by the hermit crab Pagurus comptus in the southern southwest Atlantic. The aim of this study was to test whether bryozoan biodiversity was higher on larger and more complexly sculptured gastropod shells, as well as to analyze spatial and bathymetric...