Crustaceans associated with cold water corals: a comparison of the North Atlantic and North Pacific octocoral assemblages

• Published in: Records of the Australian Museum
• Main Authors: Les Watling, Lene Buhl-Mortensen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Australian Museum 2023
• Subjects: cold water corals; octocoral assemblages; new england seamounts; corner rise seamounts; aleutian ridge; Museums. Collectors and collecting; AM1-501; Evolution; QH359-425; Aleutian Ridge; Pacific; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1895; https://doaj.org/article/e1933e2048484a81a3d99a3fed5526da

Crustaceans live on large colonial invertebrates for a variety of reasons, but in all cases must overcome the defenses of the host animal. We surveyed the crustaceans living on deep-sea octocorals collected during expeditions to the New England and Corner Rise seamounts (2003–2005) in the Northwest...