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Banded butterflyfish Chaetodon striatus (Chaetodontidae) cleaning the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (Cheloniidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2010

R. Maia-Nogueira ,
D.V. Medeiros ,
A. Jardim ,
J.A.C.C. Nunes  and
C.L.S. Sampaio
R. Maia-Nogueira*
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Biota Aquática), Avenida Euclydes da Cunha, no. 476/4B, Graça, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 40.150-122
D.V. Medeiros
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Biota Aquática), Avenida Euclydes da Cunha, no. 476/4B, Graça, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 40.150-122 Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/ICB/UCSal)
A. Jardim
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 40.170-290
J.A.C.C. Nunes
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 40.170-290
C.L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Polo Penedo, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca, Avenida Beira Rio s/n, Centro Histórico, Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil, 57.200-000
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Maia-Nogueira, Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Biota Aquática), Avenida Euclydes da Cunha, no. 476/4B Graça, Salvador Bahia, 40.150-122, Brazil email: maianogueira@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper reports on four banded butterflyfish Chaetodon striatus cleaning a juvenile green turtle Chelonia mydas in a rocky shore located at Baía de Todos os Santos, Bahia State, north-east Brazil.

Keywords

Bahia coastcleaning mutualismTropical Western Atlanticturtle cleaners
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e116
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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