Of all the 6,000 crab species, around 800 of them are hermit crabs. Only 12 species are considered to be semi-terrestrial while the rest are entirely marine. Hermit crabs are adaptable for numerous distinctive habitats including protective snail shell that operates as a mobile home. These crabs...
The deep-sea portunid crab Bathynectes piperitus was the primary food resource (frequency of occurrence 67,4%) of O. magnificus on the continental slope off Namibia. Hermit crabs Parapagurus sp. (20%) and the hagfish Myxine capensis (14,4%) were also abundant prey items in the diet. ...
(1969). Carotenoid metabolism in the commensal crabPinnotheres pisum. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 30: 803–812 Google Scholar Castillo, R., Lenel, R. (1978). Determination and metabolism of carotenoid pigments in the hermit crabClibanarius erythropus Latreille (1818) [syn.Cl. misanthropus ...
Stomach content of fish landed using hook and line, baited with polychaete ( choo ) and hermit crab ( dophe ), and basket traps baited with mangrove whelk ( tondo ), were examined and compared. Results indicate that fish landed, consumed gastropod and fish, hence belong to 2.9th trophic ...
Hermit CrabSpider CrabFood composition of Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis has been considered in three areas of the northwestern Pacific: in the western part of the Bering Sea, in Pacific waters off the northern Kuril Islands and southeastern Kamchatka, and waters off the southern Kuril ...
to smaller crab species such as hermit crabs (Pagurus spp.) in recent years. Sea surface temperature (SST) in New York waters increased during the 20-year study period, and changes in SST and the position of the Gulf Stream were the most important environmental variables explaining variability...
hermit crabIndonesiarobber crabsurvival2022, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. All rights reserved.The coconut crab Birgus latro (L., 1767), also known as the robber crab, is an endangered terrestrial anomuran facing extinction due to accelerating overexploitation and habitat destruction. It...
Adults acquired more food items from the ground than did fledglings and sub-adult birds, a result that was driven by the former's high level of crab predation. We did not detect differences in foraging behavior between wet and dry seasons, suggesting that Mariana Crows maintain a similar ...
Adults acquired more food items from the ground than did fledglings and sub-adult birds, a result that was driven by the former's high level of crab predation. We did not detect differences in foraging behavior between wet and dry seasons, suggesting that Mariana Crows maintain a similar ...
Hermit crab, any crab of the families Paguridae and Coenobitidae (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea). These crabs use empty snail shells (e.g., whelk or periwinkle) or other hollow objects as a shelter for partial containment and protection of the bo