Castles built by chiton from the Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji

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HBOI Faculty Contributions
Contributors
Littler, Mark M.
Littler, Diane S.
Publisher
Springer
Date Issued
1999
Note

Castle-like, pink, coralline-algal structures occur abundantly above 20 m in depth on the outer Great Astrolabe Reef and throughout Fijian waters. The herbivorous chiton Cryptoplax larvaeformis (Tyron 1887) (Inset, CL), by its mode of radular scraping, alters the meristematic growth of its principal prey, the normally two-dimensional crustose-coralline alga Porolithon (Hydrolithon) oncodes (Heydrich) Foslie (Inset, A), to produce remarkable three-dimensional honeycombed heads (Inset, B).

Language
English
Type
Text
Genre
article
Extent
2 p.
Subject (Topical)
Great Astrolabe Reef (Fiji)
Chitons
Cryptoplax larvaeformis
Coralline algae
Identifier
3333218
Additional Information
Castle-like, pink, coralline-algal structures occur abundantly above 20 m in depth on the outer Great Astrolabe Reef and throughout Fijian waters. The herbivorous chiton Cryptoplax larvaeformis (Tyron 1887) (Inset, CL), by its mode of radular scraping, alters the meristematic growth of its principal prey, the normally two-dimensional crustose-coralline alga Porolithon (Hydrolithon) oncodes (Heydrich) Foslie (Inset, A), to produce remarkable three-dimensional honeycombed heads (Inset, B).
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Littler, M. M., & Littler, D. S. (1999). Castles built by chiton from the Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji. Coral Reefs, 18(2), 158. doi:10.1007/s003380050171
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1266.
Date Backup
1999
Date Text
1999
DOI
10.1007/s003380050171
Date Issued (EDTF)
1999
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FADT3333218
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single unit
Organizations
Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Person Preferred Name

Littler, Mark M.

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2 p.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333218
Title Plain
Castles built by chiton from the Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji
URL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333218
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Springer
1999
single unit
Title
Castles built by chiton from the Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji
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Castles built by chiton from the Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji