Are the preference and selection patterns of hermit crabs for gastropod shells species- or site-specific?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Dominciano, L C C ^a   Sant'Anna, B S ^b   Turra, A ^c  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hermit crab; Pagurus brevidactylus; Pagurus criniticornis; Shell preference; Shell utilization

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROPOD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHELL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CERITHIUM ATRATUM; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MORULA (GASTROPOD); MORULA NODULOSA; PAGURUS BREVIDACTYLUS; PAGURUS CRINITICORNIS; TEGULA VIRIDULA;

EID: 69249229526     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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