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and The second author discovered the species described here while conducting a sabbati- cal research project on benthic microbial mats and submarine ground-water dis- charge off Key Largo, Florida (Fig. 1) (Sim- mons et al., 1985; Simmons and Love, 1987). Numerous pencil-sized holes, ringed by a cone of sediment, were observed and originally believed to be associated with the submarine ground-water discharge phe- nomenon. Sagittal core sections showed the holes to be unlined, to have extremely jag- ged and irregular walls, and to have the opening often occluded with flakes of Hal- imeda and/or other bits of sedimentary ma- terial (Fig. 2). The core sections suggested small dissolution channels rather than the work of an invertebrate. At the suggestion of Mr. Joe Dobarro (New Jersey Bureau of Shellfisheries, Bi- valve, New Jersey), the second author in- jected a mixture of ink and sea water into the holes, and eventually demonstrated that the holes were clustered, even though gen- erally abundant across the bottom where they occurred. The first suggestion that the holes were made by animals came from Mr. Guy Snyder. The second author then began covering the holes in 1-m quadrate areas with sediment, and observed their
Journal of Crustacean Biology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1988
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