Brasseur L et al. (2018), Echinometra mathaei and its ectocommensal shrim...

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Sci Rep 2018 Dec 03;81:17540. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36079-8.

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Echinometra mathaei and its ectocommensal shrimps: the role of sea urchin spinochrome pigments in the symbiotic association.

Brasseur L , Caulier G , Lepoint G , Gerbaux P , Eeckhaut I .

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Tuleariocaris holthuisi and Arete indicus are two ectocommensal shrimps closely associated with the tropical sea urchin Echinometra mathaei. This study provides a comparison of these two E. mathaei symbiotic crustaceans and particularly focuses on the relationship between T. holthuisi and its host''s pigments (i.e. spinochromes), and its dependency on its host. While all the analyses underline a close association between A. indicus and E. mathaei, they reveal a particularly close interaction between T. holthuisi and its host. Chemical analyses reveal that these shrimps present the same spinochrome composition as E. mathaei, and have similar colouration, allowing camouflage. Isotopic composition and pigment loss after host separation suggest that these pigments are certainly assimilated upon feeding on the urchin. Moreover, symbiont isolation experiments demonstrate the high dependency of T. holthuisi on its host and the importance of the host''s pigments on their survival capacity. Finally, some host recognition mechanisms are investigated for T. holthuisi and show the probable implication of spinochromes in host selection, through chemical recognition. Hence, all the results suggest the essential roles of spinochromes for T. holthuisi, which, in turn, suggests the potential implication of these pigments in the shrimps'' metabolism.

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	Figure 1. (A) Arete indicus Coutière, 1903; (B) Tuleariocaris holthuisi Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1965 on a sea urchin spine; (C) Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) hosting mimetic T. holthuisi.
	Figure 2. Values of δ15N and δ13C of E. mathaei symbionts and their potential food source, their host. Standard ellipse areas corrected for small samples SEAc (solid lines) are estimated for individuals of each species (symbols)43.

	Figure 4. Pigment concentration in E. mathaei symbionts (O.D./weight (g)) with and without their hosts after 5 days. The boxplots include the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and maximum.
	Figure 5. Survival curves of T. holthuisi and A. indicus according to different conditions. The data is expressed as the mean of living shrimps (± standard error).