The soft-coral associated pistol shrimp Synalpheus neomeris (De Man) (Decapoda: Alpheidae) defends its host against nudibranchs in Okinawa, Japan

Rie Nakano; Takuma Fujii

The soft-coral associated pistol shrimp Synalpheus neomeris (De Man) (Decapoda: Alpheidae) defends its host against nudibranchs in Okinawa, Japan

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Abstract

The present study provides the first detailed observations of mutualism between the pistol shrimp Synalpheus neomeris (De Man, 1897), and its host, the soft coral Dendronephthya hyalina Kükenthal, 1905 in Okinawa, Japan. The host-defensive behaviour of S. neomeris against two soft coral predators, the nudibranchs Tritonia sp. and Dermatobraunchus caeruleomaculatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011, is documented for the first time, based on aquarium and field observations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	759-763
Number of pages	5
Journal	Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Volume	62
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dendronephthya
Mutualism
Nudibranch
Pistol shrimp
Soft coral
Synalpheus

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The soft-coral associated pistol shrimp Synalpheus neomeris (De Man) (Decapoda: Alpheidae) defends its host against nudibranchs in Okinawa, Japan

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