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Burrow morphology and associated animals of the mud shrimp Upogebia yokoyai (Crustacea: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2010

Kyoko Kinoshita ,
Gyo Itani  and
Takashi Uchino
Kyoko Kinoshita*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, 3-1-100 Tsukide, Kumamoto 862-8502, Japan
Gyo Itani
Affiliation:
Faculty of Education, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
Takashi Uchino
Affiliation:
Miyagi Prefectural Tajiri Sakura High School, 137, Aza-Nakaniibori, Tajirinumabe, Oosaki-shi, Miyagi 989-4308, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Kinoshita, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan email: kinoshita.kyoko@nies.go.jp
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Abstract

The burrow morphology of the mud shrimp Upogebia yokoyai was investigated on a tidal flat in the Nanakita River mouth in north-eastern Japan using in situ resin casting. A total of 26 burrow casts were recovered, including those of 16 large shrimps and 10 small shrimps. Burrows of large shrimp were relatively simple and Y-shaped with depth exceeding 1.2 m. Although burrow diameter was related to shrimp size, correlation with other burrow measurements was low. Three large casts were connected to others via a narrow horizontal portion potentially reflecting mating behaviour of the shrimp. Burrows of small shrimp were more complex than those of the other upogebiids and were connected to large burrows. In 6.7% of cases, bopyrid isopods were present in the branchial chamber. Three species of gobies were found in the burrows. These data show that burrows of U. yokoyai serve not only as a recruitment site for conspecific shrimp, but also as habitat for other animals in the tidal flat.

Keywords

burrow morphologyassociated animalsmud shrimpUpogebia yokoyai
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , August 2010 , pp. 947 - 952
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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