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Cleaning mutualism in Santa Luzia (Cape Verde Archipelago) and São Tomé Islands, Tropical Eastern Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2012

J.P. Quimbayo ,
S.R. Floeter ,
R. Noguchi ,
C.A. Rangel ,
J.L. Gasparini ,
C.L.S. Sampaio ,
C.E.L. Ferreira  and
L.A. Rocha
J.P. Quimbayo*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biogeografia e Macroecologia Marinha, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88010-970, Brazil Grupo de investigación en ecología de arrecifes coralinos, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aéreo 25360, Cali, Colombia
S.R. Floeter
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biogeografia e Macroecologia Marinha, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88010-970, Brazil
R. Noguchi
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-901, Brazil
C.A. Rangel
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ 24001-970, Brazil
J.L. Gasparini
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES 29060-900, Brazil
C.L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus Arapiraca, Unidade de Ensino de Penedo, AL 57200-000, Brazil
C.E.L. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação de Ambientes Recifais, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ 24001-970, Brazil
L.A. Rocha
Affiliation:
California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.P. Quimbayo, Laboratório de Biogeografia e Macroecologia Marinha, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88010-970, Brazil email: jupaquia@gmail.com
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Abstract

This work reports for the first time cleaning activity by fish and shrimps in Santa Luzia, Cape Verde Archipelago and São Tomé Islands. Three new records of facultative cleaner fish species are presented. Facultative cleaners dominated by Labridae were the most observed cleaner fishes in the two studied islands. Multi-specific cleaning stations were prevalent in Santa Luzia, while cleaner shrimps were more observed interacting in the São Tomé Islands.

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cleaner fishcleaner shrimpclient fishLabridaeAfrica
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e118
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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