Sleeter Thomas D, Coull Bruce C
Department of Biology, Clark University, 01610, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Oecologia. 1973 Mar;13(1):97-102. doi: 10.1007/BF00379623.
Untreated wood submerged for 4-6 months and infested with the marine wood boring isopod, Limnoria tripunctata Menzies, was analyzed for the associated invertebrate community. Associated with Limnoria were acoelous turbellarians, nematodes, the archiannelid Dinophilus sp., the tubicolous polychaete, Polydora sp., 4 harpacticoid copepods, 2 amphipods and the tanaid, Leptochelia savignyi. Limnoria ecto-commensals included ciliated and diatoms.Prior to dying Limnoria dug "tomb-like" side tunnels and then crawled inside to expire. All previous reports suggest that Limnoria leaves the wood to die.
对浸泡在水中4至6个月且感染了海洋蛀木等足类动物三斑团水虱（Limnoria tripunctata Menzies）的未处理木材进行了相关无脊椎动物群落分析。与团水虱相关的有裸涡虫、线虫、多毛类动物Dinophilus sp.、管栖多毛类动物Polydora sp.、4种猛水蚤、2种端足类动物以及等足目动物Leptochelia savignyi。团水虱的体表共生生物包括纤毛虫和硅藻。在死亡前，团水虱会挖出“坟墓状”的侧隧道，然后爬进去死去。之前所有的报告都表明团水虱会离开木材去死。
