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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A New Report of Two Species of Pagurid Hermit Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Korea [PDF]
Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2014 Pagurus undosus and Pagurus parvispina, collected from the East Sea by fishery trap, are newly recorded from Korean waters. Pagurus undosus is distinguished from other hermit crab by its right cheliped slightly elevated medially, and with broad ridge ...
Won Kim, Jibom Jung
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Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules [PDF]
, 2016 Ocean acidification is a global challenge that faces marine organisms in the near future with a predicted rapid drop in pH of up to 0.4 units by the end of this century.
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Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2012 The aim of the present study is to characterize the fecundity of the land hermit crab Coenobita scaevola as well as the influence of shell type on fecundity using morphometric relationships.
Wafaa S. Sallam
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Observations and possible function of the striking anterior coloration pattern of Galathea intermedia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) [PDF]
, 1999 Galathea intermedia is common, but cryptic, on Clyde maerl deposits where it lives in small groups of mixed sex and age, sharing shelters (typically dead Dosinia shells) to avoid predation.
Hall-Spencer, JM, Moore, PG, Sneddon, LU
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Records of the Australian Museum, 2023 Two new species of amphipods associated with a hermit crab Propagurus obtusifrons were collected from the bottom of a 190–380 m depth in Kumano-nada, central Japan. Metopelloides lowryi sp. nov.
Hiroyuki Ariyama, Takeya Moritaki
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Complete larval development of the hermit crabs Clibanarius aequabilis and Clibanarius erythropus (Decapoda : Anomura : Diogenidae), under laboratory conditions, with a revision of the larval features of genus Clibanarius [PDF]
, 2008 The complete larval development (four zoeae and one megalopa) of Clibanarius aequabilis and C. erythropus, reared under laboratory conditions, is described and illustrated.
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Shell occupancy of the intertidal hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus (Decapoda, Diogenidae) on São Miguel (Azores). [PDF]
, 2000 Copyright © 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.The intertidal hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus was collected at three sites on São Miguel (Azores) during low spring tides. Shells occupied were identified and measured.
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2018 This study analyzed the taxa associated as epibionts with mollusc shells inhabited by the hermit crab Isocheles sawayai, in order to understand how they affect host crabs.
Gilson Stanski +2 more
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