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Christmas tree worms evade smothering by a coral-killing sponge in the Red Sea

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Acknowledgments

Funding was provided by a KAUST award (URF/1/1389-01-01). Nicole de Voogd identified the sponge. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their constructive remarks.

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  1. Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    B. W. Hoeksema & H. A. ten Hove

  2. Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    M. L. Berumen

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Hoeksema, B.W., ten Hove, H.A. & Berumen, M.L. Christmas tree worms evade smothering by a coral-killing sponge in the Red Sea. Mar Biodiv 46, 15–16 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0339-3

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