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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Shell occupation and ectosymbionts of two hermit crab species in the South Atlantic: a comparative analysis
Title in English: Shell occupation and ectosymbionts of two hermit crab species in the South Atlantic: a comparative analysis
Authors: Ribeiro, Felipe Bezerra
Matthews-Cascon, Helena
Mantelatto, Fernando Luis
Bezerra, Luis Ernesto Arruda
Keywords: Espécies;Ecologia-Bentõnico
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Citation: RIBEIRO, Felipe Bezerra; MATTHEWS-CASCON, Helena; MANTELATTO, Fernando Luis; BEZERRA, Luis Ernesto Arruda. Shell occupation and ectosymbionts of two hermit crab species in the South Atlantic: a comparative analysis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, v.96, n.7, p. 1535–1545, 2016.
Abstract: This study characterized shell occupation by two species of hermit crabs and analysed the occurrence of ectosymbionts on their shells, in a comparative way. The hermit crabs Clibanarius antillensis and Calcinus tibicen were selected for this comparative study because of their abundance and wide distributions. Specimens were collected manually during spring low tides every 2 months, from February 2011 to January 2012 in north-eastern Brazil (038S), and in south-eastern Brazil (238S). The populations showed different patterns of shell occupation and ectosymbiont coverage. The plasticity of these ecological traits is discussed in a broad context and possibly correlated to habitat differences.
URI: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/60052
ISSN: 0025-3154
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