Hairy stone crab
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| Lomis hirta (Lamarck, 1818) |
The hairy stone crab, Lomis hirta, is a crab-like crustacean that lives in the littoral zone of southern Australia from Bunbury, Western Australia to the Bass Strait [2]. It is the only species in its family. It is slow-moving and covered in brown hair which camouflages it against the rocks it lives upon [3].
There has been some controversy about the relationship between Lomis hirta and the other anomuran families. Candidates for its closest relatives have included hermit crabs [4], specifically king crabs [5], and Aegla [6][7]. It is clear, however, that Lomis represents a separate case of carcinisation.
[edit] References
- ^ The name Lomidae may also be encountered.
- ^ Keith Davey. Species bank: Lomis hirta. Department of the Environment and Heritage. Retrieved on 2006-08-15.
- ^ Hairy Stone Crab. Museum Victoria (1996).
- ^ Dixon, C. J., F. R. Schram & S. T. Ahyong (2004). A new hypothesis of decapod phylogeny. Crustaceana 76 (8): 935–975.
- ^ Martin, J. W. & L. G. Abele (1986). Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Aegla (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae), with comments on anomuran phylogeny. Journal of Crustacean Biology 6 (3): 576–616..
- ^ Morrison, C. L., A. W. Harvey, S. Lavery, K. Tieu, Y. Huang & C. W. Cunningham (2001). Mitochondrial gene rearrangements confirm the parallel evolution of the crab-like form. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 345–350.
- ^ Porter, M. L., M. Pérez-Losada & K. A. Crandall (2005). Model-based multi-locus estimation of decapod phylogeny and divergence times. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 355–369.
