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A Strange Commensalism—Sponge and Annelid

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A CURIOUS case of what I believe to be definite commensalism between members of these two classes came under my notice the other day when collecting, and, as it is, so far as I know, a new instance in this interesting inter-relationship between animals, I venture to record it.

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HORNELL, J. A Strange Commensalism—Sponge and Annelid. Nature 47, 78 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/047078c0

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