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

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
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-71782005000200010
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