Planktonic associations between medusae (classes Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa) and epifaunal crustaceans

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Aquatic Biology

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Background

Methodology

Results and discussion

Diversity

Diversity of scyphozoan hosts

Diversity of hydrozoan hosts

Diversity of crustacean epibionts

Field collections

Life stages

Nature of associations between medusae and crustaceans

Years and locations

Commercial species

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

Expanded medusa crustacean association table.

Every association in all reviewed papers with details on species and higher order classification of host, species of associate, sex and life stage of associate, notes on association, location on host, location association was recorded, date of record, depth of association and literature source. Expanded to include higher taxon labels for both crustaceans and medusae.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11281/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Kaden Muffett conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Maria Pia Miglietta conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplementary Table and the primary tables in the article.

Funding

The authors received no funding for this work.

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