A NEW AND ABERRANT SPECIES OF PAGURISTES (ANOMURA DIOGENIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 13 (1986–1987) | Updated 24 Apr 2013
Abstract A new diogenid hermit crab, Paguristes manaparus , is described from shallow waters of the Northern Territory, Australia, The species is unique in the genus, and in the family Diogenidae, in that males lack a gonopore on the left side. Additional ...
BROODING OF JUVENILES AND OBSERVATIONS ON DISPERSAL OF YOUNG IN THE SPIDER CRAB PARANAXIA SERPULIFERA (GUÉRIN) (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, MAJIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Parts 3 and 4 337 337 MORGAN, GARY J. Abstract Aspects of the eggs, brooding behaviour and juvenile dispersal of Paranaxia serpulifera (Guerin) are described. Observed females carried in excess of 1000 large eggs, the highest recorded fecundity for a direct developing marine brachyuran. Most ...
CATALOGUE OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF WORMS (PHYLA PLATYHELMINTHES, NEMATODA AND ANNELIDA) IN THE WESTERN AUTRALIAN MUSEUM, PERTH.
Abstract Information is presented pertaining to 176 registered type specimen lots of 103 species or subspecies of worms held in the Western Australian Museum collection. A further 28 specimen lots of 15 species or subspecies are of uncertain or invalid ty ...
THE HERMIT CRABS (DECAPODA ANOMURA DIOGENIDAE, PAGURIDAE) OF SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 14 (1988–1990) | Updated 27 Feb 2013
Part 3 319 319 MORGAN, GARY J. Abstract : Fifteen species of diogenid and two species of pagurid hermit crabs are recorded from the intertidal and subtidal marine habitats of southern and southwestern Western Australia. A key to their identification is provided. Live coloration of several species is ...
ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED SUBSYMMETRY IN THE HERMIT CRAB, CALCINUS DAPSILES MORGAN (DECAPODA, DIOGENIDAE).
Introduction : Hermit crabs are well known for their adaptations to life in an acquired shelter, usually the empty shell of a gastropod mollusc. In particular, the abdomen is usually dextrally coiled, corresponding to the dextral twist of most gastropod s ...