Well, even if it isn't the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), I'm going to post this link about a cool study documenting pathogen avoidance behaviour! (Link is the commentary, contains link to article)
No that's not the carribean but that story is amazing. i had the good fortune to review some of their work once , perhaps i should ask them to do a guest post...
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either a mantis shrimp or a weedy sea dragon.
looks like a mantis shrimp to me.
You're in the right phylum, but think bigger
OK Dive Ops gets the nod today, but what SPECIES of lobster?
Well, even if it isn't the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), I'm going to post this link about a cool study documenting pathogen avoidance behaviour! (Link is the commentary, contains link to article)
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060522/full/news060522-12.html
No that's not the carribean but that story is amazing. i had the good fortune to review some of their work once , perhaps i should ask them to do a guest post...