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Pattern of shell utilization by the hermit crab Paguristes tortugae (Diogenidae) from Anchieta Island, Southern Brazil

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2002
The objective of this study was to characterize the pattern of shell utilization by Paguristes tortugae, from infralittoral areas of Anchieta Island (Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil) using the percentage of the different shell types occupied and the ...
F. L.M. Mantelatto, L. C.C. Domiciano
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of Rapido trawling for scallops, Pecten jacobaeus (L.), on the benthos of the Gulf of Venice [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Rapido trawls are used to catch sole around the coast of Italy and to catch scallops in the northern Adriatic Sea but little is known about the environmental impact of this gear.
Atkinson, RJA   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Ocupação de conchas e utilização de microambientes por caranguejos ermitões (Decapoda, Anomura) na Praia da Fortaleza, Ubatuba, São Paulo

open access: yesBiotemas, 2009
A maioria das espécies de ermitões utiliza conchas vazias de gastrópodes como abrigos móveis. A variação na disponibilidade desse recurso em microambientes distintos pode minimizar interações competitivas em espécies simpátricas, possibilitando sua ...
Pedro Henrique Cipresso Pereira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hermit crab (Decapoda, Anomura) attraction to dead gastropod baits in an infralittoral algae bank

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2002
Hermit crabs use gastropod shells as shelter and are adapted to follow chemical cues released from tissues of dead or injured gastropods as a way to find new and more adequate shells.
Juarez C. B. Pezzuti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paguristes longirostris Dana 1852

open access: yes, 2022
Paguristes longirostris Dana, 1852 (Fig. 11A) Paguristes longirostris Dana, 1852: 436 (type locality: East Indies); Nobili, 1903: 21; Alcock, 1905b: 36, pl. 1, fig. 5; Rahayu, 1996: 350; McLaughlin, 2002a: 392. Material examined. 1 male, 6.4 mm, 2 ovigerous females, 5.8 mm, 6.4 mm, st. TB58, Around Tanah Merah, 1°16.808′N 103°58.246′E, mud, 38.7‒39.9 m,
openaire   +1 more source

The population structure of two sympatric hermit-crab species on a subtidal rocky shore of an island in southeastern Brazil

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2014
The main goal of this investigation was to characterize the population structure and shell occupancy of two sympatric hermit-crab species, Pagurus brevidactylus and Paguristes tortugae.
DANIEL J.M. LIMA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Underwater Imagery Reveals Bryozoan Habitat in Western Port, South‐East Australia

open access: yesAustral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 9, September 2025.
Bryozoan habitats throughout the world and in Australia are rare, unique and fragile ecosystems at risk of anthropogenic disturbance. Here we describe new bryozoan habitats in Western Port, an Australian RAMSAR site near Melbourne, which do not feature in previous ecological descriptions and current habitat mapping available for the region.
Elodie C. M. Camprasse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐year evaluation of rearing techniques for three sexually propagated Caribbean corals in a restoration setting

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 4, May 2025.
In response to declining coral populations worldwide, conservation groups are increasingly applying restoration strategies to bolster abundance and diversity, including sexual propagation of corals. Collection and fertilization of coral gametes as well as larval rearing and settlement have been successful.
Emily N. Nixon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Per os infectivity of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in white-legged shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and role of peritrophic membrane [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
As earlier observations on peroral infectivity of WSSV in white-legged shrimp are conflicting, here, a standardized peroral intubation technique was used to examine (i) the role of the physical composition of the viral inoculum and (ii) the barrier ...
Bossier, Peter   +5 more
core   +5 more sources

Mortality Risk of Juvenile Japanese Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus by the Sympatrically Occurring Hermit Crab Paguristes ortmanni

open access: yesAquaculture Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The density of the hermit crab, Paguristes ortmanni, in the artificial reef of juvenile Apostichopus japonicus increased almost threefold from June to December 2018. Calcareous ossicles of A. japonicus were identified from the stomach contents in 28.8% of the hermit crabs (18.6% in males and 10.2% in females) in December; season hatchery‐produced ...
Nobuharu Inaba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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