Tongue-eating lice are parasitic isopods that live in the mouths of marine fish such as spotted rose snapper. These parasites are hardly rare and approximately 380 […]
Category: marine Symbiosis
Gobey and Shrimp
Much like anemones and clownfish, pistol shrimp and certain bottom-dwelling gobies share a symbiotic relationship in which each partner benefits. These two species both live […]
Clownfish and Anenome
Clownfish spend their entire lives with their host anemone, rarely straying more than a few yards from it. They lay their eggs about twice a […]
Mantas and Remora
We already mentioned barnacles hitchhiking on whales and today we’re looking at the symbiotic relationship between remoras and manta rays. Manta rays don’t have many […]
Whales and Barnacles
In the case of barnacles and whales, only the barnacles benefit from attaching to the whales, but at no biological cost to the whale. This […]
Meet the Pilot fish, a little swimmer with some big friends. This species, measuring around 30cm in length, can be found throughout the world and is […]
Cleaners and Clients
The best-known cleaner symbiosis is the cleaner wrasse which works at ‘cleaning stations’, picking parasites, dead skin and scales off reef fish. The cleaner wrasse gets […]
Boxer Crab and Anenome
Boxer crabs and sea anemones form one of the most unusual and astounding symbiotic relationships in the entire animal kingdom. These crabs wield sea anemones […]
Marine Relationships
One of the most basic lessons of life is that usually cooperation is better than conflict. This same principle applies under the sea and is […]