Hitch-Hiking Behaviour of Remoras

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Title
Hitch-Hiking Behaviour of Remoras
Source
ZOOL 567, Fall 2021
Contributor
"Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates). Taken at Ras Mohamed in Red Sea, Egypt" by lilithlita 

"Whale shark and remora" by Nicholas Lindell Reynolds from Wikimedia commons

"The top of a remora’s head" by Wen Li

Amy Barrett
Creator
Khun Khun, Armann
Description
An overview of the Hitch-Hiking behavior of remoras, with an emphasis on the benefits of the interaction and the structure of the adhesion disc. This infographic also explores the nature of the relationship between remoras and the host organisms and the host specificity.
References
Beckert, M., Flammang, B. E., & Nadler, J. H. (2015). Remora attachment is enhanced by spinule friction. Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb.123893.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.123893

Cohen, K. E., Flammang, B. E., Crawford, C. H., & Hernandez, L. P. (2020). Knowing when to stick: Touch receptors found in the remora adhesive disc. Royal Society Open Science, 7(1), 190990. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190990

Flammang, B. E., & Kenaley, C. P. (2017). Remora cranial vein morphology and its functional implications for attachment. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 5914. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06429-z

Flammang, B. E., Marras, S., Anderson, E. J., Lehmkuhl, O., Mukherjee, A., Cade, D. E., Beckert, M., Nadler, J. H., Houzeaux, G., Vázquez, M., Amplo, H. E., Calambokidis, J., Friedlaender, A. S., & Goldbogen, J. A. (2020). Remoras pick where they stick on blue whales. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(20). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.226654

Friedman, M., Johanson, Z., Harrington, R. C., Near, T. J., & Graham, M. R. (2013). An early fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1766), 20131200. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1200

Gamel, K. M., Garner, A. M., & Flammang, B. E. (2019). Bioinspired remora adhesive disc offers insight into evolution. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 14(5), 056014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ab3895

Kenaley, C. P., Stote, A., Ludt, W. B., & Chakrabarty, P. (2019). Comparative functional and phylogenomic analyses of host association in the remoras (Echeneidae), a family of hitchhiking fishes. Integrative Organismal Biology, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obz007

Lee, S. H., Song, H. W., Kang, B. S., & Kwak, M. K. (2019). Remora-inspired reversible adhesive for underwater applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(50), 47571–47576. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b16350

Secondary Articles:
Sazima, I., & Grossman, A. (2006). Turtle riders: Remoras on marine turtles in Southwest Atlantic. Neotropical Ichthyology, 4(1), 123–126. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252006000100014
Date
December 1, 2021
Category
Foraging/ Avoiding Predators
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