Two populations of the hermit crabs C. timidus were analyzed as regards population structure, sex ratio, size, presence of ovigerous females and juveniles. The specimens were collected in two beds, one off Punta Manara (Ligurian sea), the other off Capo Stella (Elba Island), in three periods of the year and at seven depths. A direct connection between the status of the bed and the structure of the population is hypothesized. The hermit crabs live preferentially in the shallower stations and occupy Bittium latreillii shell.
Population biology of the hermit crab Cestopagurus timidus in two Posidonia oceanica beds.
BELCI, FABIO;MUSSAT SARTOR, ROCCO;NURRA, Nicola;PESSANI, Daniela
2010-01-01
Abstract
Two populations of the hermit crabs C. timidus were analyzed as regards population structure, sex ratio, size, presence of ovigerous females and juveniles. The specimens were collected in two beds, one off Punta Manara (Ligurian sea), the other off Capo Stella (Elba Island), in three periods of the year and at seven depths. A direct connection between the status of the bed and the structure of the population is hypothesized. The hermit crabs live preferentially in the shallower stations and occupy Bittium latreillii shell.
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