Hermit crabs perceive the extent of their virtual bodies

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-497

  Sonoda, Kohei ^a   Asakura, Akira ^a   Minoura, Mai ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^b   Gunji, Yukio P ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body; Hermit crab; Part and whole; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRAB; HABITAT TYPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; COENOBITA RUGOSUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84864478255     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0085     Document Type: Article

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