10.1594/PANGAEA.667142
Bromley, Richard G
Richard G
Bromley
Beuck, Lydia
Lydia
Beuck
Ruggiero, Emma Taddei
Emma Taddei
Ruggiero
Animations of micro-computed tomography of a pleistocene terebratulid brachiopod
PANGAEA
2007
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Uniform resource locator/link to raw data file
Sampling by hand
Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas (HERMES)
Institute of Paleontology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg
https://ror.org/00f7hpc57
1978-02-10T00:00:00
en
Supplementary Dataset
10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0
36 data points
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The dorsal valve of a Pleistocene terebratulid brachiopod, Terebratula scillae Seguenza, 1871, has developed a malignant cyst due to colonization in vivo by an endolithic sponge.This trace fossil is a compound boring and bioclaustration structure, representing a boring that has grown in unison with the growth of the cyst. The brachiopod has grown to adult size and growthlines indicate that it was colonised by the sponge when about half grown. Malformation of the shell may not have caused the death of the brachiopod and the sponge does not appear to have outlived its host; both symbionts seem to have died more or less simultaneously. This minus-minus relationship of two symbionts is considered to be a case of 'accidental symbiosis'.
Animations are in MPEG format
Supplement to: Bromley, Richard G; Beuck, Lydia; Ruggiero, Emma Taddei (2008): Endolithic sponge versus terebratulid brachiopod, Pleistocene, Italy: accidental symbiosis, bioclaustration and deformity. In: Wisshak M, Tapanila L (eds.), 2008, Current Developments in Bioerosion, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 361-368
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Calabria, Italy
Sixth Framework Programme
https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103
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Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas