Bryozoan colonization of the marine isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus at Signy Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Key Jr, Marcus M., Barnes, David K.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer-Verlag 1999
• Subjects: Signy Island; Borge; Borge Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503571/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050331

Sixty specimens of the giant marine isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus Eights, collected from Borge Bay, Signy Island, Antarctica were examined for epizoans. Ten species of cheilostomatid bryozoans were found on the isopods. The purpose of the study was to quantify the prevalence, intensity, abundance,...