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Camouflage of the seahorse Hippocampus reidi with plastic debris: an unusual type of protective resemblance

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Thanks to A. Aschenbrenner for dive and boat assistance and also for his valuable reviews. Devin Leary (Arraia Divers, Azores, PT) was helpful while describing his Indonesian notes to the authors.

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  1. Department Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50740-550, Recife, Brazil

    S. Marques

  2. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

    J. P. Barreiros

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Marques, S., Barreiros, J.P. Camouflage of the seahorse Hippocampus reidi with plastic debris: an unusual type of protective resemblance. Mar Biodiv 46, 319–320 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0372-2

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