Communication and mutual resource exchange in north Florida hermit crabs |
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Authors: | Brian A. Hazlett |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, 48109 Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The patterns of shell exchange in three species of hermit crabs which overlap in distribution and shell use were observed in the laboratory. Crabs showed no tendency to initiate more exchanges with conspecifics as compared with nonconspecific individuals and there were no specific size dominance effects. Lack of common communicatory patterns betweenClibararius vittatus andPagurus pollicaris was correlated with minimal actual exchange, whilePagurus impressus exchanged with both species and executed patterns in common with both. The pattern of shell exchanges and preferences indicated that, in some cases, both individuals may gain in interspecific exchanges. |
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