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Shell occupation and ectosymbionts of two hermit crab species in the South Atlantic: a comparative analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2015

Felipe Bezerra Ribeiro ,
Helena Matthews-Cascon ,
Fernando Luis Mantelatto  and
Luis Ernesto Arruda Bezerra
Felipe Bezerra Ribeiro*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará (LIMCE), Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Campus do Pici, Av. Humberto Monte s/n, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais, Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR) Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Helena Matthews-Cascon
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará (LIMCE), Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Campus do Pici, Av. Humberto Monte s/n, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais, Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR) Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Fernando Luis Mantelatto
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Bioecologia e Sistemática de Crustáceos, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Bandeirantes 3900, CEP 14040-901, SP, Brazil
Luis Ernesto Arruda Bezerra
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais, Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR) Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Animais & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Av. Francisco Mota, 572, 59625-900, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
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Correspondence should be addressed to:F.B. Ribeiro, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos do Ceará (LIMCE), Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Campus do Pici, Av. Humberto Monte s/n, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil email: fbribeiro.ufc@gmail.com
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Abstract

This study characterized shell occupation by two species of hermit crabs and analysed the occurrence of ectosymbionts on their shells, in a comparative way. The hermit crabs Clibanarius antillensis and Calcinus tibicen were selected for this comparative study because of their abundance and wide distributions. Specimens were collected manually during spring low tides every 2 months, from February 2011 to January 2012 in north-eastern Brazil (03°S), and in south-eastern Brazil (23°S). The populations showed different patterns of shell occupation and ectosymbiont coverage. The plasticity of these ecological traits is discussed in a broad context and possibly correlated to habitat differences.

Keywords

BrazilClibanarius antillensisCalcinus tibicenDiogenidaesymbiosishabitat differentiationgastropod shells
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 7 , November 2016 , pp. 1535 - 1545
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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