Animations of micro-computed tomography of a pleistocene terebratulid brachiopod

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The dorsal valve of a Pleistocene terebratulid brachiopod, Terebratula scillae Seguenza, 1871, has developed a malignant cyst due to colonization in vivo by an endolithic sponge.This trace fossil is a compound boring and bioclaustration structure, representing a boring that has grown in unison with the growth of the cyst. The brachiopod has grown to adult size and growthlines indicate that it was colonised by the sponge when about half grown. Malformation of the shell may not have caused the death of the brachiopod and the sponge does not appear to have outlived its host; both symbionts seem to have died more or less simultaneously. This minus-minus relationship of two symbionts is considered to be a case of 'accidental symbiosis'.

Animations are in MPEG format

Supplement to: Bromley, Richard G; Beuck, Lydia; Ruggiero, Emma Taddei (2008): Endolithic sponge versus terebratulid brachiopod, Pleistocene, Italy: accidental symbiosis, bioclaustration and deformity. In: Wisshak M, Tapanila L (eds.), 2008, Current Developments in Bioerosion, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 361-368

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.667142
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.667142
Provenance
Creator Bromley, Richard G; Beuck, Lydia; Ruggiero, Emma Taddei
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor Institute of Paleontology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Publication Year 2007
Funding Reference Sixth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103 Crossref Funder ID 511234 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/511234 Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Representation
Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 36 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (15.707 LON, 38.085 LAT); Calabria, Italy