Small-scale spatial variation in population- and individual-level reproductive parameters of the blue-legged hermit crab Clibanarius tricolor [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Management of the few regulated ornamental fisheries relies on inadequate information about the life history of the target species. Herein, we investigated the reproductive biology of the most heavily traded marine invertebrate in the western Atlantic ...
J. Antonio Baeza, Donald C. Behringer
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Hermit to King, or Hermit to All: Multiple Transitions to Crab-like Forms from Hermit Crab Ancestors [PDF]
Systematic Biology, 2011 The Anomura presents the greatest degree of morphological disparity in the decapod Crustacea, with body forms ranging from the symmetrical and asymmetrical hermit crabs to squat lobsters and king crabs. The phylogeny of the anomurans has been fraught with controversy. Recent debate has focused primarily on the phenomenon of carcinization, the evolution
Ling Ming, Tsang +3 more
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Hermit crabs (Pagurus spp.) at their northernmost range: distribution, abundance and shell use in the European Arctic [PDF]
Polar Research, 2015 Hermit crabs are important components of Arctic benthic systems, yet baseline data on their densities and distribution patterns in this rapidly changing region are still scarce.
Piotr Balazy +6 more
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Hermit crab response to a visual threat is sensitive to looming cues [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Prior work in our lab has shown that an expanding image on a computer screen elicits a hiding response in the Caribbean terrestrial hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus).
Talya Shragai +5 more
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Individual quality and personality: bolder males are less fecund in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2015 One explanation for animal personality is that different behavioural types derive from different life-history strategies. Highly productive individuals, with high growth rates and high fecundity, are assumed to live life at a fast pace showing high ...
Bridger D, Bonner SJ, Briffa M.
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Morphological feminization in hermit crabs (family Paguridae) induced by rhizocephalan barnacles [PDF]
Zoological LettersRhizocephalans (Thecostraca: Cirripedia) are parasitic crustaceans that infect a wide range of decapod hosts, including hermit crabs, crabs, and shrimps.
Asami Kajimoto +3 more
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Mechanisms causing size differences of the land hermit crab Coenobita rugosus among eco-islands in Southern Taiwan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Numerous environmental factors can influence body size. Comparing populations in different ecological contexts is one potential approach to elucidating the most critical of such factors.
Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Keryea Soong
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Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs
Animals, 2023 We tested whether acute microplastic exposure impacts information gathering and processing (cognition) in hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus). For five days, we kept 51 hermit crabs in tanks containing either polyethylene microspheres (n = 27) or no ...
Andrew Crump +3 more
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A new hermit crab out of its shell from the Eocene Arguis Formation, Huesca, Spain [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Semi-articulated paguroids are rare fossils, and there are only few records from Cenozoic strata. Here we present a new and exceptionally preserved hermit crab (Diogenidae) from the Eocene of Huesca (Spain) that preserves the anterior part of the ...
Fernando A. Ferratges +2 more
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The hermit crab's nose—antennal transcriptomics [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014 In the course of evolution, crustaceans adapted to a large variety of habitats. Probably the most extreme habitat shift was the transition from water to land, which occurred independently in at least five crustacean lineages. This substantial change in life style required adaptations in sensory organs, as the medium conveying stimuli changed in both ...
Groh, K. +4 more
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