Caribbean spiny lobsters somehow detect and shun potential roommates carrying a virus, even before the infected lobster can pass along the disease, a research team reports.
CRUSTACEAN QUARANTINE. Caribbean spiny lobsters’ detection of diseased individuals like this one may explain the low prevalence of a fatal virus. Behringer
These lobsters, Panulirus argus, often share hiding places.
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