Anemone-Carrying Behaviour in a Deep-Water Homolid Crab (Brachyura, Podotremata)

Anemone-Carrying Behaviour in a Deep-Water Homolid Crab (Brachyura, Podotremata)

Abstract A new symbiotic association between a deep-water homolid crab, Hypsophrys inflata Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 (Brachyura, Podotremata, Homolidae) and a sea anemone of the genus Isanthus (Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Isanthidae) is described from French Polynesia. The crab carries the anemo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Crustaceana 1996, Vol.69 (1), p.19-25
Hauptverfasser: Chintiroglou, Charis Charles, Doumenc, Dominique, Guinot, Danièle
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal traps
Animals
Atolls
Chelates
Crabs
Hermit crabs
Hypsophrys inflata
Isanthus
Legs
Marine
Seas
Spiders
Symbiosis
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract A new symbiotic association between a deep-water homolid crab, Hypsophrys inflata Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 (Brachyura, Podotremata, Homolidae) and a sea anemone of the genus Isanthus (Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Isanthidae) is described from French Polynesia. The crab carries the anemone on its modified last pairs of legs. It is suggested that this represents a mutualistic association.
ISSN:0011-216X
1568-5403
DOI:10.1163/156854096X00024