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Epimenia arabica spec, nov., a Solenogaster ( Mollusca ) Feeding on the Alcyonacean Scleronephthya corymbosa (Cnidaria) from Shallow Waters of the Red Sea
Author(s) -
SalviniPlawen Luitfried v.,
Benayahu Yehuda
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
marine ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1439-0485
pISSN - 0173-9565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1991.tb00248.x
Subject(s) - octocorallia , cnidaria , biology , coelenterata , botany , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , anthozoa , ecology , coral
. The body organization and some biological data of Epimenia arabica , a new species of Sotenogastres of the order Cavibelonia , are presented. The species is described based on four large‐sized specimens (13–21 cm × 0.7‐1 cm) from three different localities off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula (Red Sea). It feeds on Scleronephthya corymbosa V erseveldt & C ohen ( Octocorallia: Alcyonacea ), generally at depths of 2–5 meters.