tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post1275629631936588147..comments2011-01-21T13:38:57.081-10:00BNShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709074385552082635noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-75752030779847765382011-01-21T13:38:57.081-10:002011-01-21T13:38:57.081-10:00Hi Lauren -<br /><br />I&#39;m afraid I do not know the answer to your question. Anecdotally, I can say that I have seen many instances of A. bicinctus without the shrimp present, but I do not recall seeing P. longicarpus without the fish present, too. Then again, these shrimps are so tiny and difficult to spot in the wild that it&#39;s entirely possible I just missed them.<br /><br />Not much help to you, I guess... but I&#39;m glad you liked the photos.<br /><br />Good luck with your research.<br /><br />BobbieBNShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709074385552082635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-69193159135170572922011-01-21T13:14:46.522-10:002011-01-21T13:14:46.522-10:00Do you know if the longicarpus is facultative or obligate? I&#39;m thinking of doing a lab research project about the behavior of this species with and without the presence of bicinctus, but i&#39;m not sure if the research would matter if the shrimp is fine on his own. <br />By the way, thank you so much for the picture! It is the exact species of anemone and anemonefish that I work with!Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-6285152874736785022009-01-17T19:36:00.000-10:002009-01-17T19:36:00.000-10:00See-through food less caloric? Hmm, never thought about it that way. Could be...<BR/><BR/>BobbieBNShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709074385552082635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-81905078560196998232009-01-15T02:49:00.000-10:002009-01-15T02:49:00.000-10:00So beautiful, so delicately limbed and hued.<BR/>At the same time, it's too bad he isn't the eating kind, as I imagine that see-through food must be less caloric than opaque food.lavenderbayhttp://lavenderbay.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-83252101096547612792009-01-14T20:13:00.000-10:002009-01-14T20:13:00.000-10:00@ 2Sweet - Yes, they really are interesting little critters.<BR/><BR/>BobbieBNShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709074385552082635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-23556957036619039002009-01-13T19:00:00.000-10:002009-01-13T19:00:00.000-10:00Awesome. What an interesting little thing it is!2sweetnsaxyhttp://eyesmindheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-39350335223209467852009-01-09T08:20:00.000-10:002009-01-09T08:20:00.000-10:00@ Kathy - You're right. These guys are way to small to make a meal for humans.<BR/><BR/>@ ScienceGuy - You've raised a great point. We know very, very little about the majority of the creatures that live in the sea. In most cases, we know little beyond taxonomic classification, and even that is a bit muddy at times. Only the critters that are perceived to have direct economic importance to humans get studied really thoroughly.<BR/><BR/>BobbieBNShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10709074385552082635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-66150852095924380152009-01-09T05:22:00.000-10:002009-01-09T05:22:00.000-10:00Very cool relationship...And such a little guy. It is almost not surprising that so little is known about the creatures in the ocean.scienceguy288http://scienceguy288.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067507179347221008.post-948875184087397322009-01-08T15:22:00.000-10:002009-01-08T15:22:00.000-10:00He is really tiny - not the eating kind that's for sure!kmlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782946391673845914noreply@blogger.com