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Distribution and ecology of the hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus in the western Channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. J. Southward  and
Eve C. Southward
A. J. Southward
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
Eve C. Southward
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
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The small hermit crabs of the genus Clibanarius are mainly found in tropical regions but one of them, C. erythropus (Latrielle), is common along Mediterranean shores (Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958); this species was formerly known as C. misanthropus (Risso), but the name C. erythropus has priority (Forest, 1958) and is now in general use. Outside the Mediterranean the species ranges from Brittany to southern Morocco and the Azores (Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958; Zariquiey Alvarez, 1968). In 1955–7 the extreme northern limit in Brittany was placed at Melon, between Brest and Trémazan (Crisp & Fischer-Piette, 1959); these workers, and also Carlisle & Tregenza (1961), were apparently unaware that the crab had been discovered at Roscoff, on the north coast of Brittany in 1955 (Rullier, 1959; Thiriot, 1965; Bourdon, 1965).

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 441 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977

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