An integrative approach-using field and laboratory data to characterize shell utilization and selection pattern by the hermit crab Pagurus criniticornis (Paguridae) from Anchieta Island, Brazil

Abstract The aim of this study was to characterize the pattern of gastropod shell occupation in the field and selection of shell size and type under laboratory conditions by the hermit crab Pagurus criniticornis (Dana, 1852), inhabiting the infralittoral area of Anchieta Island, São Paulo, Brazil. H...

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Main Authors: Fernando L. Mantelatto, Fabíola C. R. Faria, Renata Biagi, Andrea L. Meireles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972016000100208&lng=en&tlng=en