Multiple mechanisms of resource acquisition in hermit crabs: Scrums and odor-induced grasping (Decapoda, Diogenidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-74

  Hazlett, Brian A ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR; GASTROPOD SHELL; GRASPING; HABITAT SELECTION; HERMIT CRAB; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SHELL EXCHANGE; SHELLS;

CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA IRRORATA;

EID: 0030618834     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854097X00357     Document Type: Article

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