Effects of three Caribbean cleaner shrimps on ectoparasitic monogeneans in a semi-natural environment

McCammon, Amber M.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Nemeth, Donna

doi:10.1007/s00338-009-0583-8

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“…Cleaning symbioses between obligate cleaners (shrimp, wrasse, and gobies) and client fish are classic interspecific mutualisms that provide important ecosystem services on coral reefs (Bunkley-Williams and Williams 1998;Grutter 1999a;Côté 2000;McCammon et al 2010). Although the mutualistic nature of cleaning symbioses has been questioned (see Becker and Grutter 2005;Cheney and Côté 2005), more than 130 species of fish and crustaceans have been identified as cleaners.…”

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“…Although the mutualistic nature of cleaning symbioses has been questioned (see Becker and Grutter 2005;Cheney and Côté 2005), more than 130 species of fish and crustaceans have been identified as cleaners. Many cleaners have been shown to effectively remove parasites (Grutter 1999a;Côté 2000;Becker and Grutter 2004;McCammon et al 2010) and may even positively impact overall fish community diversity (Bshary 2003;. The proximate causes driving client visitation to cleaning stations have also been explored, with two competing hypotheses proposed: (1) ectoparasite loading irritates fish hosts and drives compensatory cleaner-seeking behavior, and (2) tactile stimulation Abstract Dozens of marine species have been identified as "cleaners" and many of these co-occur and have considerable overlap in clientele.…”

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Temporal patterns of Pederson shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni Chace 1958) cleaning interactions on Caribbean coral reefs

2015

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are most active at dawn. These data suggest that the services provided by cleaner shrimp and cleaner gobies, rather than client identity, independently structure these interactions and drive the discordance in usage patterns between cleaner type. We propose two non-exclusive hypotheses to explain the differences in the temporal patterns of activity between cleaner gobies and A. pedersoni: (1) the proximate causes driving fish visitation rate (e.g., parasite removal or tactile stimulation) to goby and shrimp stations differ, and (2) each cleaner type targets different ectoparasites that differ temporally in their diel infestation rate on reef fish. Our study provides an important rationale for pursuing these questions and broadens our understanding of cleaning services on Caribbean coral reefs.

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Temporal patterns of Pederson shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni Chace 1958) cleaning interactions on Caribbean coral reefs

2015

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“…At least one of these species, A. pedersoni, is an experimentally verified cleaner that re moves ectoparasites from reef fishes (Bunkley-Williams & Williams 1998, McCammon et al 2010. It is yet unknown how the presence of invasive lionfish may affect crustacean behaviors.…”

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Native grouper indirectly ameliorates the negative effects of invasive lionfish

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Faletti²

2016

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Although ectoparasites vary greatly in size, studies of cleaner shrimp diets suggest that cleaners (Becker et al, 2005;Chen and Huang, 2012;Wicksten, 1995Wicksten, , 2009 feed primarily on small ectoparasites approximately 0.1-2.5 mm in length (Becker and Grutter, 2004;McCammon et al, 2010). For an ectoparasite to be one 'pixel' across to a cleaner shrimp visual system with spatial resolution of 9 deg, the shrimp would have to be 15.8 mm away from a parasite 2.5 mm in length, but 0.63 mm away from a parasite 0.1 mm in length.…”

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Spectral sensitivity, spatial resolution, and temporal resolution and their implications for conspecific signalling in cleaner shrimp

Caves

Frank

Johnsen

2016

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Cleaner shrimp (Decapoda) regularly interact with conspecifics and client reef fish, both of which appear colourful and finely patterned to human observers. However, whether cleaner shrimp can perceive the colour patterns of conspecifics and clients is unknown, because cleaner shrimp visual capabilities are unstudied. We quantified spectral sensitivity and temporal resolution using electroretinography (ERG), and spatial resolution using both morphological (inter-ommatidial angle) and behavioural (optomotor) methods in three cleaner shrimp species: Lysmata amboinensis, Ancylomenes pedersoni and Urocaridella antonbruunii. In all three species, we found strong evidence for only a single spectral sensitivity peak of (mean±s.e.m.) 518±5, 518 ±2 and 533±3 nm, respectively. Temporal resolution in darkadapted eyes was 39±1.3, 36±0.6 and 34±1.3 Hz. Spatial resolution was 9.9±0.3, 8.3±0.1 and 11±0.5 deg, respectively, which is low compared with other compound eyes of similar size. Assuming monochromacy, we present approximations of cleaner shrimp perception of both conspecifics and clients, and show that cleaner shrimp visual capabilities are sufficient to detect the outlines of large stimuli, but not to detect the colour patterns of conspecifics or clients, even over short distances. Thus, conspecific viewers have probably not played a role in the evolution of cleaner shrimp appearance; rather, further studies should investigate whether cleaner shrimp colour patterns have evolved to be viewed by client reef fish, many of which possess triand tetra-chromatic colour vision and relatively high spatial acuity.

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Effects of three Caribbean cleaner shrimps on ectoparasitic monogeneans in a semi-natural environment

Cited by 43 publications

References 28 publications

Temporal patterns of Pederson shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni Chace 1958) cleaning interactions on Caribbean coral reefs

Temporal patterns of Pederson shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni Chace 1958) cleaning interactions on Caribbean coral reefs

Native grouper indirectly ameliorates the negative effects of invasive lionfish

Spectral sensitivity, spatial resolution, and temporal resolution and their implications for conspecific signalling in cleaner shrimp

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