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  1. New records of <em>Planes</em> crabs associated with sea turtles in Africa and adjacent waters

    New records of Planes crabs associated with sea turtles in Africa and adjacent waters

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JB Pfaller --- Caretta Research Project, United States AN Palau --- Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and the Department of Biology, United States PD Agamboué --- Marine Program, Gabon M Barret --- Kélonia, l’Observatoire des Tortues Marines, Réunion S Ciccione --- Kélonia, l’Observatoire des Tortues Marines, Réunion G Cliff --- KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, South Africa A Formia --- Marine Program, Gabon JC Manfoumbi --- Ibonga-ACPE [Association pour la Connaissance et la Protection de l’Environnement], Gabon A Marco --- Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EBD-CSIC), Spain G-P Sounguet --- Aventures Sans Frontières, Gabon AD Tucker --- Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, United States
    Crabs of the genus Planes (family Grapsidae) live on floating debris and pelagic animals and spend their lives rafting at the surface of the open ocean. Among living substrata, Planes minutus is frequently found associated with sea turtles. However, prior...
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  2. Epibiotic assemblages on the pen shell <em>Pinna rudis</em> (Bivalvia, Pinnidae) at Matiota Beach, São Vicente Island, Cabo Verde

    Epibiotic assemblages on the pen shell Pinna rudis (Bivalvia, Pinnidae) at Matiota Beach, São Vicente Island, Cabo Verde

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: EP Lopes --- Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences, Cabo Verde N Monteiro --- Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences, Cabo Verde AM Santos --- Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences, Cabo Verde
    The rough pen shell Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758 (family Pinnidae), a mollusc with an Atlantic–Mediterranean distribution, is able to live in coarse sandy substrates. Considering its shell structure and ecological characteristics, P. rudis can enhance biodiversity by providing a substrate...
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  3. The grazer <em>Cymbula oculus</em> (Patellogastropoda: Patellidae) serves as an important settlement substrate for several of its macroalgal prey

    The grazer Cymbula oculus (Patellogastropoda: Patellidae) serves as an important settlement substrate for several of its macroalgal prey

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: W Moosa --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa J Phillips --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa GW Maneveldt --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa
    Intertidal communities are predictably affected by both physical and biological factors, with herbivory as a particularly important factor. Instead of dense beds of macroalgae, which typically characterise the mid-eulittoral zone along the south coast of South Africa, at Kalk Bay...
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