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Week 10 Quiz

(Questions can have more than one correct answer)

1. Which of the following groups contains bioeroders?
a. Algae
b. Asciidians
c. Sponges
d. Bivalves
e. Gastropods

2. Which of the following is a stony coral predator?
a. Echinometra mathei
b. Coralliophila abbreviata
c. Diadema antiallarum
d. Eunice spp.
e. Hermodice carunculata

3. Which of the following groups may eat soft corals?
a. Amphipods
b. Crabs
c. Fishes
d. Nubibranchs
e. Ctenophores

4. Which of the following can be beneficial associates of corals?
a. Clionid sponges
b. Brachyuran crabs
c. Spirobrid worms
d. Sipunculid worms
e. Algae

5. Which of the following is considered deleterious to corals?
a. endolithic algae
b. endolithic fungi
c. Trididemum sp.
d. Mycale levis
e. Lithophagids

Bonus question (+5 points) - and this information is not available anywhere in the required reading…nor do I know the answer myself:

Can you find the name and cited reference (science, not anecdote!!) of any errant polychaete worm in the Pacific that is a coral predator like Hermodice carunculata in the Caribbean.
 

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