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3 unusual facts about Gersemia rubiformis


Gersemia rubiformis

Juvenile basket stars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) are often found clinging to the coral and hiding in the interstices.

They identified three novel diterpenoids which they named gersemolide, rubifolide and epilophodione.

In Puget Sound, juvenile basket stars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) have been found to be living, growing and feeding inside the pharynges of Gersemia rubiformis polyps, only becoming free-living when they have grown large enough to catch food for themselves.


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