ANEMONE-CARRYING BEHAVIOR IN A DEEP-WATER HOMOLID CRAB (BRACHYURA, PODOTREMATA)

Authors
CHINTIROGLOU CC DOUMENG D GUINOT D
Citation
Cc. Chintiroglou et al., ANEMONE-CARRYING BEHAVIOR IN A DEEP-WATER HOMOLID CRAB (BRACHYURA, PODOTREMATA), Crustaceana, 69, 1996, pp. 19-25
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Crustaceana → ACNP
ISSN journal
0011216X
Volume
69
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
19 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-216X(1996)69:<19:ABIADH>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A new symbiotic association between a deep-water homolid crab, Hypsoph rys inflata Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 (Brachyura, Podotremata, H omolidae) and a sea anemone of the genus Isanthus (Anthozoa, Actiniari a, Isanthidae) is described from French Polynesia. The crab carries th e anemone on its modified last pairs of legs. It is suggested that thi s represents a mutualistic association.