New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
An annotated key to the hermit crabs (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura)
of the Otago region (southeastern New Zealand)
PATRICK J. SCHEMBRI
Portobello Marine Laboratory
P.O. Box 8
Portobello, New Zealand
COLIN L. McLAY
Department of Zoology University of Canterbury Christchurch 1, New Zealand
Abstract
A key is given to the 17 species of hermit crabs of southeastern New Zealand (Otago region). The key is designed primarily for ecological work and emphasises characters readily seen in living animals still in their host shells. The depth range of each species is also included.
Keywords hermit crabs; Pylochelidae; Diogenidae; Paguridae; Parapaguridae; identification keys; Otago; morphology; habitat.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1983, Vol. 17: 27-35 Received 8 October 1982; accepted 3 November 1982
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