An Epizoic Bryophyte and Algae Growing on the Lizard Corythophanes cristatus in Mexican Rain Forest

On the Occurrence of Epizoic Cyanobacteria and Liverworts on a Neotropical Harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones)1

“…The liverworts reported here constitute the first record of a bryophytic plant growing on a living arachnid. Different than the New Guinean cloud forest plant-weevil symbiosis, the association reported here seems to be occasional; however, there are important similarities in the general characteristics of these two epizoic associations (Gradstein & Equihua 1995). First, the hosts have structures favoring the epizoids' anchorage that may provide protection for them, particularly in their early stages.…”

Discovery of epizoic algae on semiaquatic weevils Bagous tubulus Caldara et O’Brien, 1994 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Europe

“…R e p t i l e s . Algae and liverworts are documented on lizards in the rainforests of Mexico (Gradstein, Equihua, 1995). Various taxa of algae and cyanobacteria are growing on freshwater turtles in Europe (Fayolle et al, 2016).…”

Meeting between kingdoms: discovery of a close association between Diplopoda and Bryophyta in a transitional Andean-Pacific forest in Colombia

“…Another type of relationship is that of zoochory, only recorded in moss families located in temperate regions: Splachnaceae, whose spores are dispersed by Diptera in Europe (Koponen 1990, Lloret 1990) and Chile (Jofre et al 2011), and Schistostegaceae, by several arthropods (spiders, insects) in Europe (Ignatov and Ignatova 2001), or liverworts and Cyanobacteria by Arachnida (Machado and Vital 2001) and Algae and bryophytes by lizards (Gradstein and Equihua 1995) in México, and mosses by Coleoptera in Oceania (Gradstein et al 1984).…”