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Authors	B.W. Hoeksema, Y. Achituv
Title	First Indonesian record of Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau et al., 1968 (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), endosymbiont of Fungia spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae)
Journal	Basteria
Volume	75
Year	1993
Pages	131-138
ISSN	0005-6219
Keywords	Bivalvia; Mytilidae; Fungiacava; Lithophaga; Gastropoda; Prosobranchia; Coralliophilidae; Leptoconchus; endosymbiosis; host species; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Fungiidae; Fungia; ecology; biogeography; Indonesia
Abstract	The mytilid bivalve Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau, Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968, previously mistakenly referred to as F. eilatensis Soot-Ryen, 1969, is reported for the first time from Indonesia. It lives as an obligate endosymbiont of mushroom corals, particulary Fungia spp., reef-dwelling corals restricted to the tropical Indo-Pacific. Notes are given on its association with different host species, its habitat, its biogeography, and its possible competition with endosymbiotic gastropods belonging to the genus Leptoconchus (Coralliophilidae).
Classification	42.72 ; 72.73
Document type	article
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