Confirmation of old observations on the behaviour of a hermit crab and its commensal sea anemone
- 1 March 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals and Magazine of Natural History
- Vol. 8 (87) , 173-175
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936508651556
Abstract
The observations of Wortley (1863) that the hermit crab Pagurus prideauxi feeds its commensal anemone, Adamsia palliata, and when young transfers the anemone to a newly occupied shell, are confirmed.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE HERMIT CRAB EUPAGURUS BERNHARDUS (L.) AND THE SEA ANEMONE CALLIACTIS PARASITICA (COUCH)Journal of Zoology, 1960
- XL.—On the habits of Pagurus Prideauxii and Adamsia palliataAnnals and Magazine of Natural History, 1863