Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on the skin of a Synapta maculata sea cucumber. This shrimp often rides on the skin of an inedible animal such

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Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on the skin of a Synapta maculata sea cucumber. This shrimp often rides on the skin of an inedible animal such as a sea cucumber, where it hides from predators. The association does not harm its host, so their relationship is said to be commensal. Photographed off Papua New Guinea.

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Keywords: animal, biological, biology, commensalism, crustacean, cucumber, emperor, fauna, guinea, imperator, indo-pacific, invertebrate, invertebrates, maculata, marine, nature, papua, periclimenes, protection, sea, shrimp, single, symbiosis, synapta, tropical, underwater, wildlife, zoological, zoology