M. mirabilis

[Les Kaufman]

We used to find aposymbiotic M. mirabilis against the edges of freshwater
seeps in Discovery Bay.  I don't know if it is the freshwater or the fact
that these were very gunky places with lots of soft sediment that tended to
collapse down the sides of them onto some of the corals.  Len would
remember.

Why did Martin put the specific name "mirabilis" in quotes?  I must have
missed something.


Les Kaufman
Boston University Marine Program
Department of Biology
Boston University
5 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215

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