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Clibanarius ambonensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

Masayuki Osawa  and
Yoshihisa Fujita
Masayuki Osawa*
Affiliation:
Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Yoshihisa Fujita
Affiliation:
University Education Center, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Masayuki Osawa, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyurs, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan email: ho63116@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
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Abstract

The estuarine hermit crab, Clibanarius ambonensis is reported from Iriomote Island, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan. This is the first record of the species from outside Indonesian territory. Clibanarius ambonensis was found on prop roots or trunks of Rhizophora stylosa or on rocks adjacent to the trees, which were exposed to the air at low tide time. The habitat seems to distinguish C. ambonensis in the field from the other local congeners inhabiting estuarine and mangrove areas such as C. longitarsus and C. striolatus. The latter two species usually inhabit the sand or mud surface of the estuarine and mangrove areas.

Keywords

CrustaceaDecapodaClibanariusRyukyu IslandsJapanmangrove
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e16
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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