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Geometric pattern of burrow openings produced by Acanthocepola limbata

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Acknowledgments

We thank Hiroyuki Uchiyama for his support in our underwater fieldwork and for providing underwater photographs of the bandfishes. We are grateful for the comments from three anonymous referees, which improved the manuscript.

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This study was financially supported by JSPS KAKENHI (grants 17H04859 and 19J40062) and a Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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  1. Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Highashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0046, Japan

    Koji Seike

  2. National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, 305-0005, Japan

    Momo Yamashita

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KS and MY conducted the fieldwork. KS wrote the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Seike, K., Yamashita, M. Geometric pattern of burrow openings produced by Acanthocepola limbata. Mar. Biodivers. 52, 36 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01282-4

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