Harlequin shrimp _______. a. control starfish populations b. clean parasites from select fish species c. control tubeworm populations d. hide within coral using their special camouflage
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Harlequin shrimp or the "Hymenocera picta",is a special species of shrimp which lives in the salt water of the coral reef's marine ecosystem.
This shrimp is economically valuable and it is near to it's extinction due to the huge amount of illegal harlequin shrimp exporting .
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Harlequin shrimp :
Ans- Option D ,hide within coral using their special camouflage.
"The Harlequin Shrimp is identified by blue spots in white body. The female shrimp is larger than the male shrimp.
They are very selective in what they eat. They eat only echinoderms, importantly starfish and occasionally on urchin species.
Starfish is the vital source of food which should be supplied with Harlequin Shrimp. The adult of harlequin shrimp takes urchins as their food.
Since it takes starfish as the primary food, the population of starfish is controlled.
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