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Figure 8

From: Behavioral traits and territoriality in the symbiotic scaleworm Ophthalmonoe pettiboneae

Figure 8

(A) Chaetopterus cf. appendiculatus inside a transparent plastic tube. (B) Experimental aquarium with one host in a plastic tube and one symbiont. (C) Experimental aquarium with perforated false bottom and a fixed plastic tube containing one host and two symbionts. (D) Manipulating competitor-to-resource ratio (CRR) experiment, CRR = 2 treatment (one host, two symbionts). (E) CRR manipulative experiments, CRR = 1 treatment (two host, two symbionts). White arrows pointing on symbionts’ position.

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