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Regional variation in preference for gastropod shell species in the hermit crab Pagurus filholi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Hiromi Hasegawa ,
Satoshi Wada ,
Masakazu Aoki  and
Keiji Wada
Hiromi Hasegawa
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Sciences, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-nishimachi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan
Satoshi Wada*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Marine Biology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, 041-8611, Japan
Masakazu Aoki
Affiliation:
Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 5-10-1 Shimoda, Shizuoka, 415-0025, Japan
Keiji Wada
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Sciences, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-nishimachi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Wada, Laboratory of Marine Biology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho Hakodate, 041-8611, Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The preference for two shell species, Monodonta labio form confusa and Thais clavigera, was compared between two populations of the hermit crab Pagurus filholi from Oura Bay, Shimoda, central Japan and from Hakodate Bay, Hakodate, northern Japan. Hermit crabs from Oura Bay preferred T. clavigera to M. labio form confusa, whereas crabs from Hakodate Bay preferred M. labio form confusa. The shell of T. clavigera was more effective against desiccation and high temperature stress but heavier than M. labio form confusa. The preference of P. filholi from Oura Bay for T. clavigera may be attributable to the greater requirement for protection against higher physical stresses, even though a higher energetic cost related to the shell weight is incurred.

Keywords

hermit crabshell preferenceregional variationPagurus filholi
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , June 2011 , pp. 893 - 896
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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