Original scientific paper

Field experiments on the association of decapod crustaceans with sea anemones, Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775)

Roland R. Melzer ; Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany
Roland Meyer ; Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany

Abstract

We have undertaken for the first time removal and introduction field experiments with both symbiotic (taken from anemones) and anemone-naïve decapods (taken from somewhere else) and tested defence reactions of putative host anemones. Our findings indicate that decapods go through an individual habituation phase before they become symbionts. Once habituated, they are protected from neighbouring anemones as well.

Keywords

symbiosis; field experiments; sea anemones; decapods

Hrčak ID:

54355

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/54355

Publication date:

30.6.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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