The aggressive behavior ofMunida sarsi(Crustacea: Galatheidae)
- 25 November 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sarsia
- Vol. 43 (1) , 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1970.10411166
Abstract
Munida sarsi is a deep water, bottom-living galatheid. Its aggressive behavior was observed for several weeks in aquaria that could only partially mimic its natural habitat. It threatens by extending its chelipeds, snapping its pincers, and raising its abdomen off the mud. The cheliped extension appears to be the indispensible part of the display. Threatening individuals spar with each other, and though such bouts are unpredictable in occurrence, duration, and outcome, they are mutually stimulating, harmless, and involve a series of stereotyped movements. The aggressive behavior of M. sarsi seems primarily to ensure each its private space of mud on which to dig and feed.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Aggressive and Territorial Behaviour of the Mantis Shrimp Gonodactylus Bredini Manning (Crustacea: Stomatopoda)Behaviour, 1969
- Coastal distribution, display and sound production by Florida fiddler crabs (Genus Uca)Animal Behaviour, 1967
- Behavioural and ecological investigations of the crabOcypode ceratophthalmus(Crustacea: Ocypodidae)Journal of Zoology, 1966
- Ionic regulation in the squat lobsterGalathea squamifera, with special reference to the relationship between potassium metabolism and the accumulation of radioactive caesiumJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1965
- Some Factors Affecting Aggressive Behavior in CrayfishPhysiological Zoology, 1956
- The Feeding Habits of the GalatheideaJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1932