These Squatters Are Not Innocent: The Evidence of Parasitism in Sponge-Inhabiting Shrimps

Abstract

The article provide detailed examination of morphology and stomach contents of Typton carneus (Decapoda: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae), a West Atlantic tropical shrimp living in fire sponges of the genus Tedania.

Keywords

• Decapoda
• Pontoniinae
• shrimp
• parasitism
• spongobiont
• sponge
• Typton
• Tedania