Didogobius & Axiopsis. Credit: Wirtz 2008 The pairing of pistol shrimps with watchman gobies is a common sight on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, as well as in the home aquarium, but few aquarists are aware of the strange relationship that exists along the Western African coastline [...]
The unusual three-way symbiosis of shrimpgoby, pistol shrimp and porcelain crab. Modified from Werding et al 2016 Coral reefs are full of intimate interspecies relationships—from the well-known dalliance of clownfishes with anemones, to the more obscure romance of Epizoanthus and eunicids, or [...]