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Preliminary note on the ecology of Calcinus verrilli , an endemic Bermuda hermit crab occupying attached vermetid shells
Author(s) -
Markham John C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1977.tb03233.x
Subject(s) - hermit crab , biology , ecology , reef , intertidal zone , fishery , gastropoda , crustacean , decapoda
Calcinus verrilli (Rathbun), evidently the only species of hermit crab endemic to Bermuda, frequently occupies vermetid gastropod shells which are cemented fast to offshore reefs and the bottoms of shallow tidepools. This choice of shells poses several interesting ecological problems for the hermit crabs.