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Shell use: an adaptation for emigration from the sea by the coconut crab.
- Source :
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Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 1968 Jul 26; Vol. 161 (3839), pp. 385-6. - Publication Year :
- 1968
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Abstract
- The coconut crab. Birgus latro (L.) emigrates from the sea during the postlarval glaucothoe stage. Glaucothoes show ancestral hermit crab behavior of living in empty gastropod shells which protect them during this vulnerable time.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0036-8075
- Volume :
- 161
- Issue :
- 3839
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Science (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17776741
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3839.385