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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2018 Mar 7;126:356–370. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.027

Table 2.

Algal host use in Oxynoe spp. based on field associations and laboratory feeding observations.

species Collection site Host Caulerpa species
O. antillarum Curaçao C. racemosa, C. sertularioides
Florida Keys C. cupressoides, C. paspaloides
O. azuropunctata Florida Keys C. cupressoides
C. paspaloides, C. sertularioidesa
O. viridis Guam C. scalpelliformis
Okinawa, Japan C. racemosa, C. serrulata, C. cupressoides
Lord Howe Island C. racemosab
O. sp. 1 Guam C. verticillata, C. filicoides
Mabini, Philippines C. verticillata
O. sp. 2 Lord Howe Island C. racemosab
O. sp. 3 Lord Howe Island C. cupressoides
O. sp. 5 Curaçao C. sertularioides
O. sp. 6 Bahamas C. cupressoides or C. paspaloides
O. sp. 7 Lord Howe Island C. racemosab
O. sp. 8 Mexico C. scalpelliformis
b

Possibly C. cylindracea, not taxonomically clarified at time of collection (Belton et al., 2014).