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Biodiv. 43(4)</i>: 333-339. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-013-0160-9\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-013-0160-9</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Parameswaran, U.V.; Jaleel, K.U.; Sanjeevan, V.N.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Parameswaran, U.V.; Jaleel, K.U.; Sanjeevan, V.N.","Englishabstract":"<em class=\"a-plus-plus\">Ophiodaphne scripta</em> (Koehler, 1904) is an amphiurid brittle star exhibiting an unusual form of conspicuous sexual dimorphism and epibiosis. The males are much smaller and exist as epibionts on the larger female. These male–female pairs, attached mouth-to-mouth, are in turn epibionts on cake urchins such as <em class=\"a-plus-plus\">Echinodiscus auritus</em> Leske, 1778, attaching themselves via the aboral side of the female. 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