Title
Southern Stingray, Dasyatis-Americana - Host For A Symbiotic Cleaner Wrasse
Abbreviated Journal Title
Copeia
Keywords
Zoology
Abstract
The southern stingray, Dasyatis americana, served as host for the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, in a symbiotic cleaning relationship at a site near Bimini, Bahamas. Rays were cleaned either while swimming slowly around a cleaning station or when they settled to the bottom and assumed a peculiar, stereotyped pose. Cleaning bouts lasted from less than a minute to 26 min. Both sexes of rays were cleaned and one individual was cleaned four times over 2 d. A trematode ectoparasite was found on the stingrays, but they were not heavily infested and only occasionally had wounds.
Journal Title
Copeia
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-1990
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
961
Last Page
965
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0045-8511
Recommended Citation
"Southern Stingray, Dasyatis-Americana - Host For A Symbiotic Cleaner Wrasse" (1990). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 158.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/158
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