Utilization of shells of the snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the São Vicente Estuary, São Paulo, Brazil

Sant’Anna, Bruno Sampaio; Zangrande, Cilene Mariane; Reigada, Álvaro Luiz Diogo

doi:10.4067/s0717-71782005000200010

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“…In the lack of gastropod shells, hermit crabs have been recorded using bottle caps, bamboo pieces (Imafuku & Ando 1999) and even shells of land gastropods (Meireles & Mantelatto 2003, Sant'Anna et al 2005. The shell is a so important resource that the use of other structures or shells with the invert spiral, can deform the hermit crab abdomen (Blackstone 1985), and in a similar way, inadequate shells can delay the crab growth (Osorno et al 1998) …”

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Spatial distribution and shell utilization in three sympatric hermit crabs at non-consolidated sublittoral of estuarine-bay complex in São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil

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Zangrande

Reigada

et al. 2006

Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr.

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Spatial distribution and shell utilization in three sympatric hermit crabs at non-consolidated sublittoral of estuarine-bay complex in São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract.-The objective of the present study was to characterize the spatial distribution and shell utilization of three hermit crab species in the estuarine-bay complex of São Vicente, São Paulo State, Brazil. Monthly samples were done throughout two years, in the non-consolidated sub-littoral at the estuarine-bay complex. The environmental factors, such as temperature, salinity and depth, were measured every month. The three hermit crab species, Clibanarius vittatus, Loxopagurus loxochelis and Isocheles sawayai, were captured utilizing shells from six gastropods species; 92.7% of the hermit crabs utilized Stramonita haemastoma. The results suggest a strong correlation between hermit crabs spatial distribution and salinity, which was considered the main environmental factor limiting their distribution in the estuary. I. sawayai was the only species present in all transects sampled; C. vittatus was captured only in regions with low salinity and L. loxochelis occurred only in high salinity waters.

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