Non-conventional hermit crabs: Pros and cons of a sessile, tube-dwelling life in Discorsopagurus schmitti (Stevens)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-136

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non conventional hermit crabs; Sabellarian bioherms; Tube dwelling hermits

Indexed keywords

HERMIT CRAB; NON-CONVENTIONAL HERMIT CRABS; SHELTERS; TUBE DWELLERS; TUBE DWELLING;

USA, WASHINGTON, PUGET SOUND;

DECAPODA; DISCORSOPAGURUS SCHMITTI; POLYCHAETA; SABELLARIA CEMENTARIUM;

EID: 0030601367     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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