Shell use by the hermit crab Calcinus californiensis at different levels of the intertidal zone

The gastropod shell use of the hermit crab Calcinus californiensis was studied at Troncones, Guerrero, México. Hermit crabs were captured at two different levels of the intertidal zone, in wave-protected and wave-exposed sites. C. californiensis occupied shells of 18 gastropod species. At both wave-...

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Published in:	Scientia Marina
Main Authors:	Elsah Arce, Guillermina Alcaraz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2011-03-01
Subjects:	gastropod shell hermit crab calcinus californiensis waves olmstead-tukey intertidal
Online Access:	http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1235