• DOI:10.3897/zookeys.615.8125
Corpus ID: 6311237

Borniopsis mortoni sp. n. (Heterodonta, Galeommatoidea, Galeommatidae sensu lato), a new bivalve commensal with a synaptid sea cucumber from Japan

@article{Goto2016BorniopsisMS,
  title={Borniopsis mortoni sp. n. (Heterodonta, Galeommatoidea, Galeommatidae sensu lato), a new bivalve commensal with a synaptid sea cucumber from Japan},
  author={Ryutaro Goto and H. Ishikawa},
  journal={ZooKeys},
  year={2016},
  pages={33 - 45}
}

Ryutaro Goto, H. Ishikawa

Published 2016

Biology, Medicine

ZooKeys

Abstract The Galeommatoidea is a bivalve superfamily that exhibits high species diversity in shallow waters. Many members of this superfamily are associated commensally with burrowing marine invertebrates in benthic sediments. The genus Borniopsis is known only from eastern Asia and exhibits high host diversity (e.g., mantis shrimps, crabs, holothurians, sipunculans and echiurans). A new species, Borniopsis mortoni sp. n., is described from mud flats at the mouth of the Souzu River… CONTINUE READING

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