Preliminary observations of the clustering behaviour of the tropical hermit crab,Clibanarius laevimanus
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ethology Ecology & Evolution
- Vol. 3 (sup1) , 151-153
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.1991.10721930
Abstract
The habit of clustering was studied within a semilunar tide cycle in the man-grove-dwelling hermit crab Clibanarius laevimanus. Notwithstanding the stability with time of aggregation size, shape, spatial position and shell-size composition together with the relatively strong site-attachment showed by these hermits, one individual's probability of changing cluster was high. Some hypotheses are set forth to explain the adaptive meaning of this behaviour.Keywords
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