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THE B—IOLOGY OF_._{FlSHES
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the sperms intô;the oViduct before the eggS were ripeànd ,
these were then-,fertilised and developed—before extrusion.
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The female has been in all cases apparently an;zunwilling
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party to the transaction and reVenges herself later by eating ,
up theyoung When they escape, if the male ”leaves her any.
z. COMMENSALÏSTS AND PARASÏTES
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In moving about from place to place the shes meet with
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many forms of life other than their own kind and enter
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into various relationships with other animals and, even“
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plants. They do this sometimes in the search of food, or
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from shes bigger than’themselves, or, it maybe,
to have a quiet corner where they can spend mostof
their time:without troubling about food or enemies. In
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many cases this leads to permanent relations between
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“different forms of.life, either friendly or hostile-, the succes—
si_ve generations of shes alWays using the; Same host or being ' —'
sought after by the same ,
relations are
many and varied and have been classied under a large
number Of names,
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Some examples
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may be given here,
beginning
the friendly Ïor, it
be quite neutral
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When a Blennycreeps into a hole between therocks,or
a Goby into an.empty Shell,
house {for itself
Wheîe'Ïit Can settle fdown andrest—arid layïitsÿeggsf1npeace
Fierasfer,.. also a sort-of
amoreselect
kind Of house (Fig 74)‘
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r'St, into the .eloacal‘ chamber lof 'Îa
from -
this refuge —it=pr0jeCts
body from time to
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time in search offoOd. _{E—IfÏHolothuri-ans- are not handy it
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ÏChûoses a Starsh-pr a
MOllusc…
In either
case
it is simply a
a
related
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describes as a parasite, in that .it feeds on=the viscera of the
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Holothuriam On the other-hand, Fierasfer is” sometimes
not -sdfortunate in its choice -o_f=lOdgings. A
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occurs in, the Bay of Paama‘has occasionally been
in pearly. oysters, and theSe have a drastic
dealing
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