Larval development and emigration behaviour during sea-to-land transition of the land hermit crab<i>Coenobita brevimanus</i>Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) under laboratory conditions

Hamasaki, Katsuyuki; Kato, Saori; Hatta, Sora; Murakami, Yu; Dan, Shigeki; Kitada, Shuichi

doi:10.1080/00222933.2013.861941

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“…After settlement, like marine hermit crabs (Reese ; Hazlett & Provenzano ), terrestrial coenobitid crab megalopae recognize and co‐opt gastropod shells before migrating onto land (Reese ; Harvey ; Brodie ; Hamasaki et al . , ). Therefore, the planktonic larval duration should have an effect on population connection and geographical distribution in coenobitid species through dispersal and recruitment processes.…”

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“…Although coenobitid crabs are terrestrial, females return to the sea to hatch their eggs (Hartnoll 1988;Schiller et al 1991;Nakasone 2001), and their larvae develop through planktonic zoeal stages to a megalopa (Hamasaki et al 2015a), similar to marine hermit crabs. After settlement, like marine hermit crabs (Reese 1962;Hazlett & Provenzano 1965), terrestrial coenobitid crab megalopae recognize and co-opt gastropod shells before migrating onto land (Reese 1968;Harvey 1992;Brodie 1999;Hamasaki et al 2011Hamasaki et al , 2014b. Therefore, the planktonic larval duration should have an effect on population connection and geographical distribution in coenobitid species through dispersal and recruitment processes.…”

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Phylogeny and phylogeography of the land hermit crab Coenobita purpureus (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) in the Northwestern Pacific Region

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Hermit crabs of the family Coenobitidae comprise the land hermit crabs, with 16 Coenobita species, and the coconut crab Birgus latro. They are terrestrial but spend their marine life as planktonic larvae. Some coenobitid crabs are widely distributed in the Indo‐West Pacific region, and some species occupy narrower ranges. To improve our knowledge of coenobitid crab speciation and geographical distribution patterns, we examined the phylogenetic relationship between Coenobita purpureus, which has a narrow distribution in the Northwestern Pacific, and its more widely distributed coenobitids including B. latro, Coenobita brevimanus, Coenobita cavipes, Coenobita perlatus, Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita violascens based on the mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 16S rDNA genes. We also assessed the phylogeography of Co. purpureus populations based on the COI gene. Our phylogenetic and phylogeographical analyses revealed that (i) Co. purpureus clustered with Co. rugosus and (ii) the Co. purpureus population in the Ogasawara Islands was genetically distinct from those in other regions, which showed genetic panmixia. It has been hypothesized that Co. purpureus evolved in the isolated landmasses of the Ryukyu region during the Pliocene, and that its population expanded and colonized the Ogasawara Islands in the late Pleistocene. Further phylogeographical studies on Coenobita species with relatively narrow distributions coupled with characterization of their phylogenetic relationships with widely distributed congeners will advance our knowledge of the speciation and geographical distribution history of coenobitid crabs.

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Phylogeny and phylogeography of the land hermit crab Coenobita purpureus (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) in the Northwestern Pacific Region

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“…The megalopae enter empty gastropod shells, and they then migrate onto land (Reese ; Harvey ; Brodie ; Hamasaki et al. , , ,c). Therefore, the coastal habitats that the early life stage crabs use are essential for completing their life cycle, and conservation efforts targeted toward coenobitid species require detailed information about where recruitment into terrestrial habitats occurs.…”

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Recruitment to adult habitats in terrestrial hermit crabs on the coast of Ishigakijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Hamasaki

Fujikawa

Iizuka

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Invertebrate Biology

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Terrestrial hermit crabs in the family Coenobitidae (genera Coenobita and Birgus) are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. They occupy various habitats ranging from shore to inland forests, and the two shore‐dwelling species, Coenobita rugosus and C. violascens, possess different distributional characteristics on Ishigakijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Coenobita rugosus is distributed throughout the coast of the island and is abundant in beach areas, whereas C. violascens has mainly been found in river mouth areas. However, very little is known about the habitats used by the early life stages of coenobitid crabs because identifying the species of recently landed early juveniles is difficult. We tested whether the species compositions of early juveniles of coenobitids differed between beach and river mouth sites on Ishigakijima Island. We collected and identified the early stage coenobitids using PCR–RFLP techniques. A total of 576 early juveniles of five Coenobita species were collected, of which 0.7% were C. brevimanus, 7.3% were C. cavipes, 0.2% were C. purpureus, 70.1% were C. rugosus, and 21.7% were C. violascens. The early juveniles of Birgus latro were not found. The early juveniles of C. rugosus occurred at both beach and river mouth sites, and they were abundant at beach sites. The early juveniles of C. violascens were only found at river mouth sites. These findings indicate that C. rugosus and C. violascens complete their life cycles on land near the localities where they land. The early juveniles of the inland‐dwelling species, C. cavipes, were also mainly collected from river mouth sites, which suggested that juveniles of C. cavipes selected landing sites near river mouth areas and then migrated into the inland forests, passing through riverside areas. Our results highlighted the importance of river mouth areas for recruitment to adult habitats by some coenobitid species.

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“…Only four coenobitids, Coenobita brevimanus Dana 1852 (Hamasaki et al. ), Coenobita compressus H. Milne Edwards 1836 (Brodie , ), Coenobita variabilis McCulloch 1909 (Harvey ) and B. latro (Reese ; Reese & Kinzie ; Hamasaki et al. , , ) have been cultured successfully from the megalopal to the juvenile crab stages, and data on emigration behavior, such as acquiring a shell, landing, and burrowing during the sea‐to‐land transition, are only available for these four species.…”

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“…We analyzed the behavior and molting schedules of these five coenobitids in conjunction with those data for C. brevimanus , in which the megalopae and early juveniles were reared using the same culture protocol as the present study (Hamasaki et al. ). In general, these six coenobitids can be divided into two groups based on their natural habitats: (1) the beach‐dwelling species C. purpureus , C. rugosus , and C. violascens , and (2) the inland‐dwelling species C. brevimanus , C. cavipes , and B. latro (Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education ; Nakasone , ).…”

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Emigration behavior and molting during the sea‐to‐land transition of terrestrial hermit crabs under laboratory conditions

Hamasaki

Hatta

Ishikawa

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Invertebrate Biology

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Terrestrial hermit crabs in the family Coenobitidae (genera Coenobita and Birgus) must migrate onto land after completing a pelagic larval stage in the ocean. Better knowledge of emigration behavior would assist in the conservation and management of coenobitid populations by helping identify and protect the habitats they need to complete their life cycles. We cultured laboratory-born individuals of five coenobitid species (Coenobita cavipes, C. purpureus, C. rugosus, C. violascens, and Birgus latro) from megalopae to early juveniles (first, second, and/or third crabs) in vessels containing seawater and a hard substrate, and analyzed their behavior and molting in conjunction with our published data for C. brevimanus. Our results confirm that the coenobitids migrated from sea to land at the megalopal stage. Megalopae and early juveniles tended to select shells based on their body size. Inland-dwelling coenobitids, such as C. brevimanus, C. cavipes, and B. latro, had a longer duration from landing to first molt and had a prolonged first crab intermolt period compared with those of the beach-dwelling coenobitids C. purpureus, C. rugosus, and C. violascens, probably because of the adaptive traits for migrating to inland habitats. Little burrowing behavior was observed by megalopae of B. latro, but they had a strong tendency to be cryptic under shelters. Additionally, megalopae and early juveniles of Coenobita spp. created and utilized burrows somewhat differently. Our results suggest that coenobitids require specific microhabitats for completing their early life stages in the wild. In particular, megalopae of B. latro may need structurally complex refuges to migrate from the sea.

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Larval development and emigration behaviour during sea-to-land transition of the land hermit crabCoenobita brevimanusDana, 1852 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) under laboratory conditions

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Phylogeny and phylogeography of the land hermit crab Coenobita purpureus (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) in the Northwestern Pacific Region

Phylogeny and phylogeography of the land hermit crab Coenobita purpureus (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) in the Northwestern Pacific Region

Recruitment to adult habitats in terrestrial hermit crabs on the coast of Ishigakijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Emigration behavior and molting during the sea‐to‐land transition of terrestrial hermit crabs under laboratory conditions

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