Organism Interactions

Symbiosis: Phoresy

"By their natural adaptations you will know them." - J. Kevin Bowler
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Decorator Crab

"A method of dispersal in which an animal attaches itself to an animal of another species in order to be transported to a new site, where it releases itself, with little or no harm to the carrier." - Dictionary of Biology, Oxford Univ. Press

Hermit Crab (Pagurus prideauxi) with anemones (Adamsia palliata) on shell

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