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From: Comatulids (Crinoidea, Comatulida) chemically defend against coral fish by themselves, without assistance from their symbionts

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The taste attractiveness of comatulid symbionts for fish. Tested species numbers: (a) Synalpheus stimpsoni; (b) Synalpheus demani; (c) Synalpheus sp.; 2 – Allogalathea elegans; 3 – Paradyte crinoidicola; 4 – Gymnolophus obscura; 4a and 4b – Gymnolophus obscura collected on Comaster nobilis and Himerometra robustipinna, respectively; 5 – Notopharyngoides aruensis; and 6 – Litopenaeus vannamei. Shaded bars – the significant difference (P < 0.05) in consumption of flavoured pellets in relation to the control Photo courtesy of O.V. Savinkin and Yu.V. Deart.

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