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Yellowline arrow crab Stenorhynchus seticornis (Brachyura: Majidae) acting as a cleaner of reef fish, eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2011

Diego V. Medeiros ,
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes ,
José Amorim Reis-Filho  and
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
Diego V. Medeiros*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus IV, Centro de Ciẽncias Aplicadas e Edução Rua da Mangueira, S/no Centro, 58. 297-000, Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Augusto Viana, 1, Canela Salvador, 40110-060 Bahia, Brazil Organizaçao Socioambietalis Pró-Mar, Avenida Beira Mar 13, Ilhota, 44. 470-000, Vera Cruz, BA, Brazil
José Amorim Reis-Filho
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Augusto Viana, 1, Canela Salvador, 40110-060 Bahia, Brazil CHTUS Soulções em Meio Ambiente Ltda., Rua Federico Simões, Ed. Orlando Gomes, Sala 211, no 513, Cominbo das Árvores, 41. 820-774, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Algoas, Unidade de Ensino de Penedo, Avenida Beira Rio, s/no, Centro Histórico, 57. 200-000, Penedo, AL, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: D.V. Medeiros, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus IV, Centro de Ciẽncias Aplicadas e Edução Rua da Mangueira, S/no Centro, 58. 297-000, Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil email: bolamedeiros@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper reports the yellowline arrow crab, Stenorhynchus seticornis, acting as cleaner of longjaw squirrelfish, Holocentrus adscencionis moray eels Gymnothorax funebris, G. moringa, G. vicinus and squirrelfish Holocentrus adscencionis at two reefs in the Baía de Todos os Santos, Bahia State, eastern Brazil. We believe that other species of reef fish are potential ‘clients’ of yellowline arrow crab and that this activity occurs throughout its distribution.

Keywords

Baía de Todos os Santoscleaning activitymoray eelssquirrelfishsymbioses
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e68
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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