TY - JOUR N2 - Epifaunal organisms (bryozoans, foraminifera, serpulid polychaetes, cirripeds, octocorals), scratch marks and borings (brachiopod pedicle attachment traces and gastropod, phoronid, sponge and algal boreholes) were recognized on the brachiopod shells from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. They are rare and occur only on about 10% of shells. It is probable that environmental conditions were not suitable for epibionts whose requirements were to be higher than those of brachiopods. The rarity of epifauna on the dead shells can be explained by their rapid burial. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110948/PDF-MASTER/1996-1-2_021-028.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110948 PY - 1996 IS - No 1-2 EP - 28 KW - Antarctica KW - Paleogene KW - Brachiopoda KW - epibionts KW - borers A1 - Bitner, Maria Aleksandra PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 17 DA - 1996 T1 - Encrusters and borers of brachiopods from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Seymour Island, Antarctica SP - 21 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110948 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -