Biology:Clibanarius fonticola

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Clibanarius fonticola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Clibanarius
Species:
C. fonticola
Binomial name
Clibanarius fonticola
McLaughlin & Murray, 1990[1]

Clibanarius fonticola is a species of hermit crab from Vanuatu. It lives exclusively in fresh water, the only hermit crab in the world to do so. While a number of other hermit crabs are terrestrial or live in estuarine habitats, and certain brackish water species can tolerate low salinity levels for a time, no other hermit crab spends its entire life in fresh water; the only other fully freshwater anomurans are the South American aeglids.[2][3]

Clibanarius fonticola lives on the island of Espiritu Santo, in a pool fed by springs near the village of Matevulu, close to an abandoned airstrip. Adults of this species all use shells of Clithon corona.[2]

Empty shell of Clithon corona. Scale bar is 10 mm.

References

  1. Patsy McLaughlin (2009). "Clibanarius fonticola McLaughlin & Murray, 1990". in P. McLaughlin. World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367505. Retrieved March 10, 2010. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. 
  3. Masayuki Osawa & Yoshihisa Fujita (2008). "Clibanarius ambonensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan" (PDF). JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records 1: e16. doi:10.1017/S1755267206001667. http://www.mba.ac.uk/jmba/pdf/5166.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5132381 entry