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Observations and possible function of the striking anterior coloration pattern of Galathea intermedia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

J.M. Hall-Spencer ,
P.G. Moore  and
L.U. Sneddon
J.M. Hall-Spencer
Affiliation:
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
P.G. Moore
Affiliation:
University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, KA28 0EG, Scotland
L.U. Sneddon
Affiliation:
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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Abstract

Galathea intermedia is common, but cryptic, on Clyde maerl deposits where it lives in small groups of mixed sex and age, sharing shelters (typically dead Dosinia shells) to avoid predation. Its appearance is marked by six iridescent blue spots which may play an important role in intra- or interspecific interactions.

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SHORT COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 371 - 372
Copyright
© 1999 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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