Crab species collected from the burrows of Urechis unicinctus in Hiuchi-nada, the central Seto Inland Sea, Japan

DOI IR Web Site 1 Citations 18 References

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 瀬戸内海燧灘でユムシの巣穴から採集されたカニ類
  • セトナイカイヒウチナダ デ ユムシ ノ スアナ カラ サイシュウ サレタ カニルイ

Search this article

Abstract

Symbiotic association of the varunid and pinnotherid crabs with the burrows of the echiuran Urechis unicinctus was investigated at the tidal flats in Hiuchi-nada, the central Seto Inland Sea, Japan. At the study sites, sediment rich in the burrows of U. unicinctus was carefully dug and checked for the presence or absence of the symbiotic crab. Because the tidal flats were densely inhabited by upogebiid and callianassid burrowing shrimp, only the crab that was found very close to the body of U. unicinctus in its burrow was regarded as a symbiont of the echiuran. As a result, four specimens of Acmaeopleura balssi and one specimen of A. toriumii (Varunidae) and six specimens of Pseudopinnixa carinata (Pinnotheridae) were found associated with the burrows of U. unicinctus.

Journal

  • CANCER

    CANCER 14 (0), 1-4, 2005

    Carcinological Society of Japan

Citations (1)*help

See more

References(18)*help

See more

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top