Do hermit crabs like living in sponges? Paguristes eremita and Suberites domuncula: Biometric data from the southern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1353-1357

  Caruso, Tancredi ^a   Falciai, Lucia ^a   Zupo, Valerio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SHELL; SPONGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; CALLIACTIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURISTES EREMITA; SUBERITES DOMUNCULA; SUBERITIDAE;

EID: 27744476744     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540501252X     Document Type: Article

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