Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil

Hermit crabs depend on mollusc shells for housing. In this study, an unusual resource is reported for a hermit crab that usually inhabits marine gastropod shells. During a field study conducted from May 2001 to April 2003 in an estuarine area in São Vicente, state of São Paulo, Brazil, 21 individual...

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Autores principales:	Sant'Anna,Bruno S., Zangrande,Cilene M., Reigada,Alvaro L.D.
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2005
Materias:	Clibanarius Gastropoda Anomura hermit crab Brazil
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-717820050002000102007-12-12Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, BrazilSant'Anna,Bruno S.Zangrande,Cilene M.Reigada,Alvaro L.D. Clibanarius Gastropoda Anomura hermit crab Brazil Hermit crabs depend on mollusc shells for housing. In this study, an unusual resource is reported for a hermit crab that usually inhabits marine gastropod shells. During a field study conducted from May 2001 to April 2003 in an estuarine area in São Vicente, state of São Paulo, Brazil, 21 individuals of Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) were found inhabiting the shells of the terrestrial gastropod Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822. A. fulica occurs in nearshore grass patches, where occasional contact with sea water kills them, and their shells then become available to the hermit crabsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscuela de Ciencias del Mar. Pontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoInvestigaciones marinas v.33 n.2 20052005-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-71782005000200010en10.4067/S0717-71782005000200010
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language	English
topic	Clibanarius Gastropoda Anomura hermit crab Brazil
spellingShingle	Clibanarius Gastropoda Anomura hermit crab Brazil Sant'Anna,Bruno S. Zangrande,Cilene M. Reigada,Alvaro L.D. Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil
description	Hermit crabs depend on mollusc shells for housing. In this study, an unusual resource is reported for a hermit crab that usually inhabits marine gastropod shells. During a field study conducted from May 2001 to April 2003 in an estuarine area in São Vicente, state of São Paulo, Brazil, 21 individuals of Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) were found inhabiting the shells of the terrestrial gastropod Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822. A. fulica occurs in nearshore grass patches, where occasional contact with sea water kills them, and their shells then become available to the hermit crabs
author	Sant'Anna,Bruno S. Zangrande,Cilene M. Reigada,Alvaro L.D.
author_facet	Sant'Anna,Bruno S. Zangrande,Cilene M. Reigada,Alvaro L.D.
author_sort	Sant'Anna,Bruno S.
title	Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil
title_short	Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil
title_full	Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil
title_fullStr	Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil
title_sort	utilization of shells of the snail achatina fulica bowdich, 1822 (mollusca, gastropoda) by the hermit crab clibanarius vittatus (bosc, 1802) (decapoda, anomura) in the são vicente estuary, são paulo, brazil
publisher	Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
publishDate	2005
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Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil

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