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Marine sponges were examined from southeast Florida and the Florida Keys to determine species composition and distribution of commensal amphipod crustaceans from shallow reef, mangrove, and seagrass habitats. Twenty sponge species were investigated during this study, sixteen of which housed colomastigid and/or leucothoid amphipods. The Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard) complex of species was the most dominant amphipod commensal, representing 63% of the total amphipods collected. Common sponge hosts included Callyspongia vaginalis, Mycale sp, and Myriastra kallitetilla.
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Crowe, S.E., Thomas, J.D. (2002). Abundance and Distribution of Commensal Amphipods from Common Marine Sponges of Southeast Florida. In: Escobar-Briones, E., Alvarez, F. (eds) Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0761-1_17
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