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Movement pattern and population structure of Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson, 1859 in south Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2022

Alexandre R. da Silva Open the ORCID record for Alexandre R. da Silva [Opens in a new window] ,
Renan A. P. dos Santos ,
Luana Maria Gryszyszyn ,
Geovana Bastos Paluski  and
Rafael Augusto Gregati
Alexandre R. da Silva*
Affiliation:
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Renan A. P. dos Santos
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia de Invertebrados Aquáticos (LABIAQUA), Departamento de Bioestatística, Biologia Vegetal, Parasitologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu (IBB), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
Luana Maria Gryszyszyn
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Aquática, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), Guarapuava, Paraná, Brasil
Geovana Bastos Paluski
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Aquática, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), Guarapuava, Paraná, Brasil
Rafael Augusto Gregati
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Aquática, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), Guarapuava, Paraná, Brasil
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Author for correspondence: Alexandre R. da Silva, E-mail: alers.dino@gmail.com
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Abstract

Hermit crabs have soft abdomens and therefore must use empty gastropod shells as protection. Shell choices do not occur at random, and the animals often occupy shells with the best fit among the available ones. To live in intertidal and sublittoral zones, regions subjected to daily variations in abiotic factors, hermit crabs present a locomotory circadian rhythm. Clibanarius antillensis has been the object of several studies in Brazil's south-east, so this study was aimed at describing its population in the south of Brazil and its movement activity under laboratory conditions during night-time and daytime, while using two different shells. The animals were sampled from the Sepultura and Lagoinha beaches, in the state of Santa Catarina through free diving. Sex ratio was skewed for males, with ovigerous females present during the whole year but with a spring peak. Males were more abundant than females, ovigerous females and intersex individuals, being predominant in all size-classes analysed. The hermit crabs occupied mainly two gastropod shells: Cerithium atratum and Agathistoma viridulum, and ovigerous females used only the first. Clibanarius antillensis showed nocturnal activity and the animals using C. atratum shells were more active than those using A. viridulum. Cerithium atratum shells are lighter and less bulky than A. viridulum, implying that there might be a tradeoff in which the hermit crabs use lighter shells, that provide less protection in order to expend less energy and be more active.

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Hermit crabsmovement activitypopulation structureshell choices
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 102 , Issue 3-4 , June 2022 , pp. 227 - 236
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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