Biology:Clibanarius fonticola
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Clibanarius fonticola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Diogenidae |
| Genus: | Clibanarius |
| Species: | C. fonticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Clibanarius fonticola McLaughlin & Murray, 1990[1]
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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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 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
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