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An example of hybridization between Pagurus bernhardus and Pagurus pubescens [Crustacea:Anomura]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

K. N. Jennings
K. N. Jennings
Affiliation:
Dove Marine Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and St Mary's College of Education, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Extract

Several examples of intermediates between the closely related hermit crabs Pagurus bernhardus (L.) and P. pubescens Krayer are reported. Selected critical characters were examined in the two species and the intermediates and the results accord with the belief that the latter are the result of hybridization. The implied closeness of the relationship between the two species agrees with the evidence presented by the larvae, as pointed out by MacDonald, Pike & Williamson (1957).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , November 1972 , pp. 1057 - 1066
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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