SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI (ECHINOIDEA: ECHINOMETRIDAE) AND ATHANAS SP. (CARIDEA: ALPHEIDAE) FROM SUNHERA BEACH, KARACHI (NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA)
Vol. 27 No. 1 (2018), Articles
Vol. 27 No. 1 (2018)

SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI (ECHINOIDEA: ECHINOMETRIDAE) AND ATHANAS SP. (CARIDEA: ALPHEIDAE) FROM SUNHERA BEACH, KARACHI (NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA)

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Published 30-06-2018
Farhana S. Ghory
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi
Quratulan Ahmed
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi
Qadeer Mohammad Ali
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi
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Keywords

Symbiotic
Athanas sp.
Echinometra mathaei

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Ghory, F. S., Ahmed, Q., & Ali, Q. M. (2018). SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI (ECHINOIDEA: ECHINOMETRIDAE) AND ATHANAS SP. (CARIDEA: ALPHEIDAE) FROM SUNHERA BEACH, KARACHI (NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA). Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences, 27(1), 73–77. Retrieved from http://pakjmsuok.com/index.php/pjms/article/view/25
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Abstract

During a recent fieldwork conducted along the exposed rocky shores of Karachi revealed association between alpheid shrimp Athanas sp. and sea urchin Echinometra mathaei (de Blanville, 1825). Globally symbiotic relationships between shrimps and other invertebrates is a known phenomenon, whereas the association between caridean shrimp and sea urchin has been commonly reported since long. The current study describes taxonomic details of both the organisms. This is the first report on symbiotic association between alpheid shrimp and sea urchin from Pakistan.

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