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Five species of sharksuckers (family Echeneidae) in North Carolina
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28214
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Abstract:
Hitchhiking sharksuckers or remoras (family Echeneidae) attach to a host of sharks, stingrays, fishes, manatees, and sea turtles. Five species of sharksuckers were collected in western North Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina. Various body proportions and several new host affiliations are discussed.
Source:
Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 120 Issue 2, Summer 2004,
p44-49, il
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