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New record of Paragiopagurus ventilatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Parapaguridae) from hydrothermal vents on the Nikko Seamount, Mariana Trough, the first hermit crab using siboglinid tubes for housing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2011

Tomoyuki Komai ,
Madoka Kitajima ,
Suguru Nemoto  and
Hiroshi Miyake
Tomoyuki Komai*
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682Japan
Madoka Kitajima
Affiliation:
Enoshima Aquarium, 2-19-1 Katase-kaigan, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 251-0035Japan
Suguru Nemoto
Affiliation:
Enoshima Aquarium, 2-19-1 Katase-kaigan, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 251-0035Japan
Hiroshi Miyake
Affiliation:
Kitasato University, 160-4 Utou, Okirai, Sanriku, Ohunato, Iwate, 022-0101Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Komai, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682Japan email: komai@chiba-muse.or.jp
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Abstract

The parapagurid hermit crab, Paragiopagurus ventilatus, is reported from hydrothermal vents on the Nikko Seamount, Mariana Trough, at a depth of 410 m. This is the first record of this species outside Taiwan, and represents a major range extension. The animals were found using empty tubes of the siboglinid worm Lamellibrachia satsuma for housing, representing the first example of this carcinoecium for a hermit crab. However, it was observed that some of them changed their housing to gastropod shells during rearing in aquaria. Originally, this species was reported to use gastropod shells for housing. It is considered that the use of siboglinid tubes is due to necessity rather than preference, because empty gastropod shells are very scarce in the collection site.

Keywords

new recordParagiopagurus ventilatusCrustaceaDecapodahydrothermal ventsNikko SeamountMariana TroughTaiwanhermit crabsiboglinid tubeshousing
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e122
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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