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Cleaning Symbioses

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March 22, 2006

Cleaning Symbioses

Cleaning symbioses are a ubiquitous behavior found in reef fish dynamics. Numerous species of fish and shrimp remove ectoparasites from other organisms. Some cleaners are obligate, such as the wrasses of the genus, Labroides, or facultative, such as some fish during the juvenile stage (Moosleitner 1980). Ectoparasites are common throughout reef fishes. For example, 44% of the 200 observed fishes on the Great Barrier Reef had the parasitic worm, Bucephalid metacercariae (Jones et al. 2004). The parasite is consumed by the cleaner as a dietary source (Jones et al. 2004). Removal of cleaner fish has been shown to indirectly decrease the diversity and abundance of fish that move between reefs, as these fish appear to choose reefs based on the presence of cleaner fish (Grutter et al. 2003). The following footage shows the interaction between the cleaner and client.

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