Patterns of Shell Resource Utilization by Terrestrial Hermit Crabs at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands

dc.contributor.author Willason, S.W.
dc.contributor.author Page, H.M.
dc.date.accessioned 2008-02-29T22:25:34Z
dc.date.available 2008-02-29T22:25:34Z
dc.date.issued 1983-04
dc.description.abstract Patterns of gastropod shell utilization by Coenobita perlatus and C. rugosus were investigated on three islets of Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Habitat, hermit crab size, and hermit crab species all influenced the utilization of shells by Coenobita. Small crabs ( < 8mm carapace length) used 63 shell species, while large hermit crabs ( > 19mm) used only two species. Coenobita perlatus occupied long, narrow shells (e.g. , Rhinoclavis) more frequently than C. rugosus. By contrast, C. rugosus used shorter shells (e.g., Nerita) more frequently. Reproduction of C. rugosus, both the percentage of ovigerous females and fecundity, was not influenced by the shell species occupied.
dc.identifier.citation Willason SW, Page HM. 1983. Patterns of shell resource utilization by terrestrial hermit crabs at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Pac Sci 37(2): 157-164.
dc.identifier.issn 0030-8870
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/657
dc.language.iso en-US
dc.publisher University of Hawai'i Press
dc.title Patterns of Shell Resource Utilization by Terrestrial Hermit Crabs at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands
dc.type Article
dc.type.dcmi Text
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