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The evolutionary ecology of decorating behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many animals decorate themselves through the accumulation of environmental material on their exterior. Decoration has been studied across a range of different taxa, but there are substantial limits to current understanding.
Berke SK   +8 more
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Ocupação de conchas de gastrópodes por ermitões (Decapoda, Anomura) no litoral de Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Occupation of gastropod shells by hermit crabs (Decapoda, Anomura) in the littoral of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

open access: yesIheringia: Série Zoologia, 2008
O presente estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar a ocupação de conchas por ermitões no litoral da cidade de Rio Grande, Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Os animais foram amostrados em 14 radiais em Rio Grande, entre 12 e 50 metros de profundidade.
Luciane Ayres-Peres   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence and mechanisms of ontogenetic changes in body colour lightness in intertidal marine invertebrates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Ontogenetic changes in body colouration are known to occur in some benthic marine invertebrates and have been associated with ecological shifts in diet and physiological tolerance.

core  

The influence of shell species and size on the shell selection pattern of Paguristes tortugae (Decapoda, Diogenidae) from Anchieta Island (Ubatuba, Brazil)

open access: yesIheringia: Série Zoologia, 2004
Shell selection by the hermit crab Paguristes tortugae Schmitt, 1933 from Anchieta Island (Brazil) was analyzed using the six most frequently occupied shell species in the field and taking into account the sexual condition of the individuals, the shell ...
Laura C. C. Dominciano   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The hermit-crab and the coconut crab

open access: yes, 2011
Cette petite fable, très classique à Ouvéa, explique pourquoi le bernard-l'hermite s'habille toujours avec les vêtements des autres et pourquoi le crabe de cocotier, honteux de montrer sa nudité, se manifeste surtout la nuit. La morale de l'histoire (dans cette version du moins !) est qu'il faut ... respecter les femmes.
openaire   +3 more sources

Bio-ecological aspects of the hermit crab Paguristes calliopsis (Crustacea, Diogenidae) from Anchieta Island, Brazil

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2006
In southern Atlantic studies on hermit crab biology are scanty considering the local biodiversity. In this way, some population features of Paguristes calliopsis Forest and Saint Laurent, 1968 such as size frequency distribution, sex ratio and shell ...
Renata Biagi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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