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First record of the silver porgy (Diplodus argenteus) cleaning green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the south-west Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2010

Júlia Reisser ,
Maíra Proietti  and
Ivan Sazima
Júlia Reisser
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Tartarugas e Mamíferos Marinhos, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Avenida Itália km 8, CP 474, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
Maíra Proietti
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Tartarugas e Mamíferos Marinhos, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Avenida Itália km 8, CP 474, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
Ivan Sazima*
Affiliation:
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (retired and associated as voluntary researcher)
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: I. Sazima, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The silver porgy (Diplodus argenteus) is an occasional cleaner of two species of fish in the southern portion of the south-west Atlantic. We record herein for the first time this fish species associating with green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and cleaning their carapaces. Only juveniles were recorded cleaning turtles, scraping off microorganisms that fouled the carapace.

Keywords

cleaning symbiosisSparidaeCheloniidaeepibiontssouthern Brazil
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e75
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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