Biology:Paguritta
Paguritta is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae, known as coral hermit crabs.[1] Atypically for hermit crabs, this genus comprises species which live within polychaete tubes associated with corals (such as those of Spirobranchus giganteus),[2] or bore their own holes in living coral,[3] depending on species. They feed by filtering using their modified antennae equipped with setae and setules.[4][5][6]
There are seven species assigned to this genus:[7][8]
- Paguritta vittata Paguritta kroppi
- Paguritta corallicola Lewinsohn, 1978
- Melin, 1939 McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993
- Paguritta morgani Paguritta harmsi
- McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993 Komai & Nishi, 1996
- Paguritta gracilipes (Gordon, 1935)
- McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993 Paguritta scottae
A diagnostic feature of this genus is the complete absence of pleopods in the males and their reduction in females; the former trait is shared with multiple other genera,[5] but only the females of Anapagurus drachi experience a similar degree of pleopod reduction.[9] Another is the symmetry of their uropods, thought to be due to their niche; hermit crabs inhabiting gastropod shells have asymmetrical uropods due to the shell's spiral. Paguritta kroppi individuals may have both male and female gonopores.[5]
References
- ↑ "Coral Hermit Crab | Smithsonian Ocean". https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/coral-hermit-crab.
- ↑ Miyake, S., 1982. Japanese Crustacean Decapods and Stomatopods in Color. I. Macrura, Anomura and Stomatopoda. Osaka, Hoikusha Publishing Co., Ltd. 261 pp. (In Japanese).
- ↑ Lewinsohn, Ch., 1978. Bemeikungen zurTaxonomie von Paguriita harmsi (Gordon) (Crustacea Decapoda, Anomura) und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der gleichen Gattung aus Australien. Zool. Med., 53:243-252.
- ↑ Schuhmacher, H., 1977. A hermit crab, sessile on corals, exclusively feeds by feathered antennae. Oecologia (Berl.), 27: 371-374.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Lemaitre, Rafael (1993). "A review of the hermit crab genus Paguritta (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) with descriptions of three new species". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41 (1): 1–29. https://repository.si.edu/bitstreams/28de687a-f769-4c53-9c00-8923979874b4/download.
- ↑ Melin, G. (1939). "Paguriden und Galatheiden von Prof. Dr. Sixten Bocks Expedition nach den Bonin-Inseln". Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 18: 1–119.
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- ↑ Forest, J., 1966. Campagne dans le golfe de Guinee et aux les Principe, Sao Tome et Annobon (1956). 17. Crustaces Decapodes; Pagurides. Ris. Sci. Camp. Calypso. Ann. Inst. Oceanogr. n.s., 44:159-172.
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