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The scleractinian Agaricia undata as a new host for the coral-gall crab Opecarcinus hypostegus at Bonaire, southern Caribbean

  • 1. Marine Genomic Biodiversity Laboratory, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, La Parguera, PR 00667, USA
  • 2. Taxonomy and Systematics Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300, RA Leiden, The Netherlands & Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700, CC Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 3. Ecosub, Berkenlaantje 2, 3956, DM Leersum, The Netherlands & ANEMOON Foundation, P.O. Box 29, 2120, AA Bennekom, The Netherlands
  • 4. Taxonomy and Systematics Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300, RA Leiden, The Netherlands & Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700, CC Groningen, The Netherlands & Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9505, 2300, RA Leiden, The Netherlands

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García-Hernández, Jaaziel E., Gier, Werner de, van Moorsel, Godfried W. N. M., Hoeksema, Bert W. (2020): The scleractinian Agaricia undata as a new host for the coral-gall crab Opecarcinus hypostegus at Bonaire, southern Caribbean. Symbiosis 81: 303-311, DOI: 10.1007/s13199-020-00706-8

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