Name - Drupella rugosa

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:586412 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Prey selection of corallivorous muricids at Koh Tao (Gulf of Thailand) four years after a major coral bleaching event.
• First observation of Drupella rugosa egg capsules on scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis.
• Predation by feeding aggregations of Drupella spp. inhibits the recovery of reefs damaged by a mass bleaching event.
• Corallivory plays a limited role in the mortality of new coral recruits in Hong Kong marginal coral communities.
• Resistance to temperature stress and Drupella corallivory may promote the dominance of Platygyra acuta in the marginal coral communities in Hong Kong.

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