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First record of the association between the porcellanid crab Porcellana sayana and the brachyuran crab Stratiolibinia bellicosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2014

Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte Alencar*
Affiliation:
GEEFAA (Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia e Fisiologia de Animais Aquáticos), Departamento de Biologia, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, Caixa Postal 1524, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Brazil
Alex Barbosa Moraes
Affiliation:
GEEFAA (Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia e Fisiologia de Animais Aquáticos), Departamento de Biologia, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, Caixa Postal 1524, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Brazil
Sávio Arcanjo Santos Nascimento Moraes
Affiliation:
GEEFAA (Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia e Fisiologia de Animais Aquáticos), Departamento de Biologia, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, Caixa Postal 1524, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Brazil
Paulo Victor Nascimento Araújo
Affiliation:
GEEFAA (Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia e Fisiologia de Animais Aquáticos), Departamento de Biologia, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, Caixa Postal 1524, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Brazil Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), Campus Macau, CEP 59500-000, Macau, Brazil
Fúlvio Aurélio Morais Freire
Affiliation:
GEEFAA (Grupo de Estudos em Ecologia e Fisiologia de Animais Aquáticos), Departamento de Biologia, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, Caixa Postal 1524, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Brazil
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Correspondence should be addressed to: C.E.R.D. Alencar, Departamento de Biologia, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências (DBEZ), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova, Caixa Postal 1524, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Brazil email: carlosce2002@gmail.com
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Abstract

The porcellanid crab Porcellana sayana is, for the first time, reported to have a symbiotic association with the crab Stratiolibinia bellicosa. This is also the first record on the association between the porcelain crab P. sayana and a brachyuran crab on the Brazilian coastline. In addition, this is the second record of association of P. sayana with a Majoidea crab.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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