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ALGAL GROWTH OVER THE EPIDERMIS OF SEA URCHIN SPINES
Author(s) -
Lawrence J. M.,
Dawes C. J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1969.tb02612.x
Subject(s) - biology , sea urchin , epidermis (zoology) , spine (molecular biology) , botany , anatomy , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology
SUMMARY Fosliella farinosa (Lamouroux) Howe, a coralline red alga, was found growing over the epidermis of the spines of the sea urchin , Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck). This is apparently the first report of the ability of an alga to overcome the resistance to invesion of the external epidermis of a sea urchin .