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No male was found in the holotype specimen. 
In the general organization as described above, this ascothoracid 
much resembles the zoanthid-infesting genus baccalaureus and may 
be reckoned as a new member of the family Lauridae. The segmen- 
tation of the body is not well defined, but the presence of six thoracic 
FIGURE 9.—Gorgonolaureus bikiniensis: ‘Top left, the paratype wholly buried under the 
cortical scales of a Holaxonian gorgonid Paracis squamata (Nutting), partly exposed; 
top right, part of the bark of P. squamata into which the holotype was probably infested; 
bottom left, inner view of left half of mantle sac of the holotype, containing animal 
body; bottom right, inner view of right half of mantle sac of the holotype, containing 
mass of metanauplii. All about X 10. 
