Clibanarius fonticola

Clibanarius fonticola
Clibanarius fonticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Clibanarius
Species: C. fonticola
Binomial name
Clibanarius fonticola
McLaughlin & Murray, 1990 [1]

Clibanarius fonticola is the only species of hermit crab in the world that lives in fresh water. It is found on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.[2] While a number of other hermit crabs are terrestrial or live in estuarine habitats, C. fonticola is the only species that spends its life in fresh water.[3] It lives in a pool fed by springs near the village of Matevulu, close to an abandoned airstrip. The adult hermit crabs of this species all use shells of Clithon corona.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Patsy McLaughlin (2009). "Clibanarius fonticola McLaughlin & Murray, 1990". In P. McLaughlin. World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367505. Retrieved March 10, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1548413. 
  3. ^ Masayuki Osawa & Yoshihisa Fujita (2008). "Clibanarius ambonensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan" (PDF). JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records 1: e16. doi:10.1017/S1755267206001667. http://www.mba.ac.uk/jmba/pdf/5166.pdf. 


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