Epibiotic Communities of the Senatorial Scallop Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from the Expansion Channel of the Suez Canal, Egypt

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extend their spreading abilities (Cerrano et al., 2006). For example, sponges are the dominant epibiotic invertebrates encrusting the valves of scallops (Schejter & Breinec, 2007). Moreover, bivalves are good substrates to barnacles, polychaetes, hydroids, bryozoans, and algae (Cerrano et al., 2006). Additionally, spat can live as epibionts on