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A Commensal Relationship Between A Foraminifer And A Bivalve Mollusk, Wayne D. Bock, Donald R. Moore
A Commensal Relationship Between A Foraminifer And A Bivalve Mollusk, Wayne D. Bock, Donald R. Moore
Gulf and Caribbean Research
During June, 1960, the M/V Hermes of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory made several trawl hauls south of Horn Island, Mississippi. One haul was made June 27 at a depth of 20 m. on sandy mud botton at 30°04’30” N., 88”36’ W., or about 10 nautical miles south of Horn Island. A considerable number of animals, including starfish, hermit crabs and tube worms, were caught in the trawl. Pieces of the parchment-like worm tube of Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier) were caught in the meshes of the net and were also collected.
A small bivalve mollusk, Notocorbula operculata (Philippi 1848) was found …