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Alpheid Shrimp Arete dorsalis and Its Association with the Slate Pencil Sea Urchin Heterocentrotus mamillatus in Lakshadweep Waters

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Alpheid shrimp Arete dorsalis was sighted for the first time from Lakshadweep archipelago, in association with the slate pencil sea urchin Heterocentrotus mamillatus. The shrimp was observed to use the sea urchin’s spines as its shelter. Colouration of the shrimp blended with that of the sea urchin’s spine rendering the shrimp a protection from its predators.

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Authors wish to thank to Dr. Sammy De Grave, Head of Research, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, United Kingdom, for helping the identification of specimen; and the extremely thankful to Field and Technical staffs of CMLRE-MoES Agatti Island Field Research Station, Mr. Aboobacker Koya M. K., Mr. Mohammed Hidayathulla P., Mr. Kamarudheen A. M., Mr. Hassan M. C., Mr. Hameed and Mrs. Sheharban M. M. for their help during the sample collection, and Mrs. Merin Mathai and Mrs. Jess Maria Wilson for helping the manuscript suggestions and layout.

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  1. School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Cochin, 682506, India

    Sibi T. Baby

  2. Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ICAR, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda University, Kolkata, 700150, India

    Swagat Ghosh

  3. School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Sciences and Technology, Cochin, 682016, India

    M. Rithin Raj

  4. School of Fishery Resources Management and Harvest Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Cochin, 682506, India

    M. P. Prabhakaran

  5. National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Anna University Campus, Chennai, 600025, India

    M. Gopi

  6. Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Field Research Station, Agatti Island, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, 682553, India

    Sibi T. Baby, Swagat Ghosh & M. Gopi

  7. Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Kendriya Bhavan, Cochin, 682037, India

    K. S. Sumod & Sherine Sonia Cubelio

  8. Mariculture Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, 682018, India

    Sibi T. Baby

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Baby, S.T., Ghosh, S., Rithin Raj, M. et al. Alpheid Shrimp Arete dorsalis and Its Association with the Slate Pencil Sea Urchin Heterocentrotus mamillatus in Lakshadweep Waters. Proc Zool Soc 73, 201–204 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-019-00318-1

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