2021-10-01Zeitschriftenartikel
Protection over mobility? How shell selection in the hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus (Paguroidea) is modulated by availability and ecological conditions.
Dressler, Lena Elisa; Ebel, Roy; Ehlers, Sarah
Hermit crabs occupy empty gastropods shells, which have to provide both: mobility and protection.
Yet, the process of shell selection and the preference for different architectural traits, such as globose
or conical ...