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Decapod crustacean associations with scyphozoan jellyfish (Rhizostomeae: Pelagiidae) in the Southeastern Brazilian coast

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In southeastern Brazil, decapod crustaceans were found living in association with the scyphozoan jellyfish. In total, 2002 specimens of the Scyphozoa Lychnorhiza lucerna were collected of which 511 were associated decapods that were identified as three species of the crab Libinia ferreirae, Libinia spinosa, and one Grapsoidea sp. and two species of caridean shrimps Periclimenes paivai and Leander paulensis. This is the first record of an association between the caridean shrimp L. paulensis and a scyphozoan and the first report of symbioses involving the crabs L. spinosa and Grapsoidea sp. on the Brazilian coast.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are indebted to Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo” (FAPESP) for providing financial support during field collections and visiting activities (Biota/FAPESP #2010/50188-8 and Scholarship #2014/13770-1), CAPES CIMAR (No. 23038.004310/2014-85), and to CNPq (Financial Support # 406006/2012-1, Research Scholarships PQ # 305919/2014-8 and PQ 308653/2014-9). We thank many colleagues from the NEBECC group who helped with sampling and laboratory analyses; Dr. Maria Lucia Negreiros-Fransozo for useful suggestions and comments on early drafts of the manuscript; and the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA) for granting permission to collect the shrimps.

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  1. NEBECC (Group of studies on crustacean biology, ecology and culture), Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, 18618-970, Brazil

    Geslaine Rafaela Lemos Gonçalves, Milena Regina Wolf & Antonio Leão Castilho

  2. LABCAM (Laboratory of Biology and Ecology of Marine and Freshwater Shrimps), Department of Biology, Science Faculty, São Paulo State University, Bauru, 17033-360, Brazil

    Rogerio Caetano da Costa

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Gonçalves, G.R.L., Wolf, M.R., da Costa, R.C. et al. Decapod crustacean associations with scyphozoan jellyfish (Rhizostomeae: Pelagiidae) in the Southeastern Brazilian coast. Symbiosis 69, 193–198 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-016-0395-x

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