A forced association between the slippersnail Crepidula convexa and the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus? - Possible influence from a third party

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-354

  Li, Wei ^a   Pechenik, Jan A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crepidula; Hermit crabs; Naticid snail; Shell selection; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PHORESY; PREDATION; SHELL;

CALYPTRAEIDAE; CREPIDULA; CREPIDULA CONVEXA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; LITTORINIDAE; NATICIDAE; PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 4644360030     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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