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From: Multiple host switching events shape the evolution of symbiotic palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)

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Examples of symbiotic shrimps from the main palaemonid clades (as in Figs 2, 3, 4), with one symbiotic pandalid species (A) as the outgroup. (A) Miropandalus hardingi on the black coral Cirrhipathes sp. (B) Vir philippinensis (clade 1) on the stony coral Plerogyra sinuosa. (C) Cuapetes kororensis (clade 1) on the stony coral Heliofungia actiniformis. (D) Free-living Cuapetes tenuipes (clade 1). (E) Hamodactylus noumeae (clade 2) on the soft coral Nephthea sp. (F) Hamopontonia corallicola (clade 2) on the stony coral Goniopora sp. (G) Stegopontonia commensalis (clade 2) on the sea urchin Echinotrix calamaris. (H) Pliopontonia furtiva (clade 3) on the corallimorpharian Amplexidiscus fenestrafer. (I) Laomenes amboinensis (clade 3) on a crinoid. (J) Ancylomenes holthuisi (clade 3) on the sea anemone Heteractis aurora. (K) Periclimenes ornatus (clade 5) on the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor. (L) Zenopontonia rex (clade 5) on the holothurian Thelenota anax. (M) Anchistus custoides (clade 5) in the pen shell Atrina vexillium. (N) Coralliocaris superba (clade 5) on the stony coral Acropora sp. (O) Thaumastocaris streptopus (clade 5) in a tube sponge. (P) Periclimenaeus storchi (clade 5) in the ascidian Didemnum molle. (Q) Conchodytes meleagrinae (clade 6) in the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. (R) Ascidonia quasipusilla (clade 6) in an ascidian. (S) Periclimenes yucatanicus (clade 7) on the sea anemone Condylactis gigantea. (T) Periclimenes rathbunae (clade 7) on the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus. (U) Periclimenes perryae (clade 7) on the basketstar Astrophyton muricatum. All photos by CHJMF.

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