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Glynn, Peter William |
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dc.contributor.author |
Enochs, Ian C. |
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dc.contributor.author |
McCosker, John E. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Graefe, Abigail N. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-04-21T16:39:10Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-04-21T16:39:10Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Glynn, Peter William, Enochs, Ian C., McCosker, John E., and Graefe, Abigail N. 2008. "<a href="https%3A%2F%2Frepository.si.edu%2Fhandle%2F10088%2F15897">First record of a pearlfish, Carapus mourlani, inhabiting the Aplysiid Opisthobranch mollusc Dolabella auricularia</a>." <em>Pacific Science</em>. 62 (4):593–601. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[593:FROAPC]2.0.CO">https://doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[593:FROAPC]2.0.CO</a> |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0030-8870 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10088/15897 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Adult individuals of the pearlfish <I>Carapus mourlani</I> (Petit, 1934) occur commonly in the mantle cavity of the opisthobranch mollusc <I>Dolabella auricularia</I> (Lightfoot, 1786) in shallow marine waters of the Gulf of Chiriquí, Pacific Panamá. Nearly 30% of the molluscan hosts collected during the day on a coral reef contained one or two fish. Feeding observations of a captive fish as well as the intact condition of the host's ctenidium and other internal organs suggest that <I>C. mourlani</I> is an inquiline commensal and not parasitic. Fish curl around the ctenidium during the day and capture microcrustaceans when the fish emerge from their host at night to feed. From low-light infrared video recordings, <I>Carapus</I> was observed to accurately grasp rapidly swimming amphipods in nearly total darkness and ingest them. This symbiotic relationship appears to benefit <I>Carapus</I> by allowing the fish to avoid predators during the day and to forage at night. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Pacific Science |
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dc.title |
First record of a pearlfish, <I>Carapus mourlani</I>, inhabiting the Aplysiid Opisthobranch mollusc <I>Dolabella auricularia</I> |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.srbnumber |
77704 |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[593:FROAPC]2.0.CO;2 |
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rft.jtitle |
Pacific Science |
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rft.volume |
62 |
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rft.issue |
4 |
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rft.spage |
593 |
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rft.epage |
601 |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Marine biology |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Naos Island Laboratories |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Panama |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Encyclopedia of Life |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Forces of Change |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
STRI |
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dc.citation.spage |
593 |
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dc.citation.epage |
601 |
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