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ON February 4, 1937, Mr. A. R. Holland, assisting us in biochemical investigations on the California mussel, Mytilus californianus, brought to our attention one individual which showed a fair-sized cup or raised crater, built of the same calcareous material as constitutes the shell, attached at its base to the anterior region of the inside of the left valve, protruding through the mantle into the gill chamber, and containing a number of commensal invertebrates and some attached plant material.
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FOX, D., YOUNG, R. Commensalism between a Marine Mussel, an Anemone and several other Organisms. Nature 139, 882–883 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139882a0
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