Reproductive costs of the symbiotic hydroid Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Buss and Yund) to its host hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus (Say)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-222

  Damiani, Christine C ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermit crabs; Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus; Hydroids; Pagurus longicarpus; Reproduction; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDRACTINIA; HYDRACTINIA SYMBIOLONGICARPUS; HYDROZOA; PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 0037426323     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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