The Boreholes of the Sea Urchin Genus Echinometra (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Echinometridae) as a Microhabitat in Tropical South America*
The Boreholes of the Sea Urchin Genus Echinometra (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Echinometridae) as a Microhabitat in Tropical South America*
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海胆属 Echinometra（棘皮动物门：Echinoidea：Echinometridae）的钻孔作为热带南美洲的微生境*
DOI：
10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00499.x
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发表时间：
1996
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通讯作者：
B. Werding
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作者：
S. Schoppe;B. Werding
摘要。棘足鱼属的成员（棘足鱼纲：棘足鱼科）生活在浅水的坚硬基质中，在那里它们生活在自己挖掘的住所中。Echinometru sp .的钻孔引起地表的二次结构，从而形成额外的微栖息地。
Abstract. Members of the genus Echinometru (Echinoideu: Echinometridue) inhabit hard substrata in shallow waters where they live in self-excavated dwellings. Boring by Echinometru spp. causes a secondary structure of the surface, thus forming additional microhabitats.
In this study the effects of boring activities of Echinometru lucunter (L.) along the Caribbean coast of Colombia and of Echinometra vunbrunri A. Agassu in the Colombian Pacific is examined. Several species inhabit the boreholes occupied by these urchins. The associates live underneath the echinoid on the bottom of the borehole, where they find shelter from exposure and predators. The co-inhabitants of E. lucunter include the porcellanid Clusroroechus vunderhorsri (Schmitt), the recently described brit-tlestar Ophiorhrix synoecim (Schoppe), and the clingfish Acyrrus rubiginosus (Poey). The species co-occumng with E. vunbrunti include the porcellanid crab Clusroroechus gorgonensis Werdingamp; Haig and the clingfish Arcos decoris Briggs. With the exception of A. decoris, all of these species are obligatorily associated with the Echinomerra host.