Clibanarius erythropus
Clibanarius erythropus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: | Clibanarius |
Species: | C. erythropus |
Binomial name | |
Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818) [1] | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Clibanarius erythropus is a species of hermit crab that lives in rockpools and sublittoral waters.[2] It is found in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Azores to Brittany,[3] and as far north as the Channel Islands.[2] Individuals may grow up to a carapace length of 15 millimetres (0.6 in).[2]
Ecology
A variety of different gastropod shells are used by C. erythropus, the most frequent being Littorina striata, Mitra, Nassarius incrassatus and Stramonita haemastoma, which collectively account for 85% of all individuals studies in the Azores;[4] in the Mediterranean, shells of Cerithium, Alvania montagui and Pisania maculosa are most used by C. erythropus.[5]
Like other hermit crabs, C. erythropus feeds on "organic debris, decayed and fresh macro-algae with associated fauna and epiphytic algal flora, small invertebrates, and macroscopic pieces of dead and live animal tissues".[3] It has been shown that C. erythropus individuals select substrates where they can cover large distances, and that globose shells allow them greater mobility than elongate ones.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael Türkay (2009). "Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818)". In Patsy McLaughlin. World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 E. Wilson (2005). "A hermit crab — Clibanarius erythropus". Marine Life Information Network.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chiara Benvenuto, Gianfranco Sartoni and Francesca Gherardi (2003). "Foraging behaviour of the hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus in a Mediterranean shore". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83 (3): 457–461. doi:10.1017/S0025315403007331h.
- ↑ Andrea Z. Botelho & Ana C. Costa (2000). "Shell occupancy of the intertidal hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus (Decapoda, Diogenidae) on São Miguel (Azores)". Hydrobiologia 440 (1/3): 111–117. doi:10.1023/A:1004190220509.
- ↑ Chiara Benvenuto & Francesca Gherardi (2001). "Population structure and shell use in the hermit crab, Clibanarius erythropus: a comparison between Mediterranean and Atlantic shores". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81 (1): 77–84. doi:10.1017/S0025315401003423.