A NEW SPECIES OF SCALE-WORM, HARMOTHOE-COMMENSALIS (POLYCHAETA, POLYNOIDAE), FROM MANTLE CAVITIES OF 2 CHILEAN CLAMS
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1993
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A new species of polynoid, Harmothoe commensalis, is described from the mantle cavities of two subtidal clams, Gari solida and Semele solida, on the Chilean coast. About 50% of the clams investigated at Bahia La Herradura, Coquimbo, contained single individuals of the new polynoid. This is the third documented record of commensal association between polynoid polychaetes and bivalve molluscs.