Depth range
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10-18 meters.
Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Abgarian, Cynthia; Evans, Essi; Turner, Everett M.; Nygren, Arne. (2015). Proceraea janetae sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), a scleractinian coral feeder from Grand Cayman Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(4): 703-712.
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Diagnosis
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Proceraea with bright yellow-orange, swollen, dorsal cirri alternating with thinner, shorter, brown dorsal cirri, and trepan with 18 tricuspid teeth, alternating in one ring.
Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Abgarian, Cynthia; Evans, Essi; Turner, Everett M.; Nygren, Arne. (2015). Proceraea janetae sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), a scleractinian coral feeder from Grand Cayman Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(4): 703-712.
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Diet
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Feeds on the scleractinian coral Montastrea cavernosa Linnaeus, 1767 in coral reefs.
Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Abgarian, Cynthia; Evans, Essi; Turner, Everett M.; Nygren, Arne. (2015). Proceraea janetae sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), a scleractinian coral feeder from Grand Cayman Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(4): 703-712.
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Distribution
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Caribbean Sea: Gran Cayman Island. Known only from the type locality.
Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Abgarian, Cynthia; Evans, Essi; Turner, Everett M.; Nygren, Arne. (2015). Proceraea janetae sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), a scleractinian coral feeder from Grand Cayman Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(4): 703-712.
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Habitat
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Proceraea janetae lives in shallow tropical waters (around 25ºC) down to 18m depth, on coral reefs with Montastrea cavernosa Linnaeus, 1767.
Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Abgarian, Cynthia; Evans, Essi; Turner, Everett M.; Nygren, Arne. (2015). Proceraea janetae sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), a scleractinian coral feeder from Grand Cayman Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(4): 703-712.
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