Snail fur
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| Hydractinia echinata[1] Fleming, 1823 |
Snail fur (Hydractinia echinata) is not fur at all but instead a covering of predatory hydroid polyps that tend to cover most of the outside of old snail shells where the snail has died. They are especially common on the outside of shells being occupied at the same time by flat-clawed hermit crabs.
[edit] External links
- Marine Life Encyclopedia
- MBL Marine Organisms Database page
- Aquascope: More About the Common Hermit Crab
[edit] Notes
- ^ ITIS- H. echinata. Retrieved on February 19, 2007.
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