caa a22 4500 606227024 CHVBK 20210128101156.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0 Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines [Elektronische Daten] [Arthur Bos, Bert Hoeksema] The free-living solitary mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis resembles sea anemones by having large, fleshy polyps with long tentacles, which provide shelter to symbiotic organisms. Commensal shrimps are well studied, but little is known about associated fish fauna. Therefore, the associated fauna of 118 coral polyps of H. actiniformis was examined at a depth range of 4-28m in the Davao Gulf, Philippines. The distribution of associated fishes and symbiotic invertebrates highly depended on the size of the coral host: Large corals polyps (>18cm) supported co-inhabiting fishes and commensal shrimps, medium-sized polyps (diameter 5-18cm) hosted either fishes or shrimps, and small coral polyps (<5cm) were uninhabited. Fifteen fish species, representing the Apogonidae, Gobiidae, Labridae, and Pomacentridae, were found. Among these, the gobies Eviota lachdeberei and E. rubriceps, and the labrid Oxycheilius celebicus were most common, making up for 77% of all fishes encountered. Total length of the fish ranged from 1 to 6cm covering adult gobies and juveniles of the other families. Four species of commensal shrimps were hosted by the coral polyps. This study further constitutes the first record of brittle stars of the genus Ophiothrix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) living among tentacles of H. actiniformis. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Apogonidae nationallicence Cuapetes nationallicence Eviota nationallicence Gobiidae nationallicence Labridae nationallicence Pomacentridae nationallicence Scleractinia nationallicence Bos Arthur Department of Biology, The American University in Cairo, PO Box 74, 11835, New Cairo, Egypt aut Hoeksema Bert Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/6(2015-06-01), 1479-1489 0378-1909 98:6<1479 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bos Arthur Department of Biology, The American University in Cairo, PO Box 74, 11835, New Cairo, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoeksema Bert Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/6(2015-06-01), 1479-1489 0378-1909 98:6<1479 2015 98 10641