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Sessile animals on tar globules in the waters around the Ryukyu Islands

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A large number of tar globules with sessile organisms were collected from the surface tows taken with larval nets in the waters around the Ryukyu Islands during November and December, 1973. Bryozoans (one species), tubeworms (Serpulidae,Janua (Dexiospira) foraminosa (Moore &Bush)) and goose barnacles (Lepas pectinata Spengler,L. anatifera Linné) were the most important species of sessile animals found on these tar globules. Sinking of tar globules byLepas of middle or large size was suggested from the differences in their specific gravity.

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  1. Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Nakano, 164, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeshi Kajihara, Yoshinori Ura & Miyako Tachibana

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  1. Takeshi Kajihara
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Kajihara, T., Ura, Y. & Tachibana, M. Sessile animals on tar globules in the waters around the Ryukyu Islands. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 31, 131–135 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02120196

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