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The corallimorpharian Paracorynactis hoplites feeds on the sea star Choriaster granulatus in the western Indian ocean

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  1. Marex -Marine Expertise Company, 13 Chemin Camille Roche, 97425, Les Avirons, Reunion Island, France

    Julien Wickel & Mathieu Pinault

  2. UMR 9220 UR-CNRS-IRD - Entropie, University of Reunion, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island, France

    Mathieu Pinault

  3. Pareto, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island, France

    Remi Garnier

  4. Department of Biology, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

    Arthur R. Bos

  5. Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Arthur R. Bos

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Wickel, J., Pinault, M., Garnier, R. et al. The corallimorpharian Paracorynactis hoplites feeds on the sea star Choriaster granulatus in the western Indian ocean. Mar Biodiv 47, 159–160 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0461-x

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