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  1. First report of <em>Phoronis ovalis</em> from Africa and its effect on mussel hosts

    First report of Phoronis ovalis from Africa and its effect on mussel hosts

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JL Ruesink --- Department of Biology, USA AC Trimble --- Department of Biology, USA
    Phoronis ovalis is a cosmopolitan, shell-boring phoronid worm reported from 24 locations worldwide in temperate latitudes, but not previously from Africa. We identified a shell-boring phoronid in Namibia that is morphologically similar to P. ovalis and subsequently surveyed its latitudinal...