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Steinitz' shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris steinitzi) lives in symbiosis with a shrimp who digs a burrow where the goby watches out for predators. But in this case, there is an additional player involved: a parasitic nudibranch (Gymnodoris nigricolor) munching away on the dorsal fin of the goby.
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