Bernard Dupont, Frankreich
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Paguritta vittata Komai & Nishi, 1996
A max. 1cm small hermit crab from the family Paguridae, the right-handed hermit crabs. Paguritta Melin, 1939, is a rather atypical genus of hermit crabs, both morphologically and ecologically. Certain Paguritta species have adapted to life either in polychaete tubes connected to corals or in self-created boreholes in living corals. They are also completely dependent on antenna filtering to obtain food.
Paguritta corallicola - Lives in self-dug holes in the stony coral Astropora myriopthalma (starflower coral)
Paguritta gracilipes - Lives in tubes of the coral epibiont Spirobranchus giganteus
Paguritta harmsi - Lives in polychaete tubes connected to corals
Paguritta kroppi - Found in holes in corals
Paguritta morgani - was found in worm burrows as well as from small holes in Montipora sp. Corals found
Paguritta scottae - was found in living Porites sp.
Paguritta vittata usually lives in calcareous tubes of Spirobranchus corniculatus in Porites sp.
A max. 1cm small hermit crab from the family Paguridae, the right-handed hermit crabs. Paguritta Melin, 1939, is a rather atypical genus of hermit crabs, both morphologically and ecologically. Certain Paguritta species have adapted to life either in polychaete tubes connected to corals or in self-created boreholes in living corals. They are also completely dependent on antenna filtering to obtain food.
Paguritta corallicola - Lives in self-dug holes in the stony coral Astropora myriopthalma (starflower coral)
Paguritta gracilipes - Lives in tubes of the coral epibiont Spirobranchus giganteus
Paguritta harmsi - Lives in polychaete tubes connected to corals
Paguritta kroppi - Found in holes in corals
Paguritta morgani - was found in worm burrows as well as from small holes in Montipora sp. Corals found
Paguritta scottae - was found in living Porites sp.
Paguritta vittata usually lives in calcareous tubes of Spirobranchus corniculatus in Porites sp.
