NDLI: Carrying behavior in the deep-sea crab Paromola cuvieri (Northeast Atlantic)

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Author	Braga Henriques, Andreia Carreiro Silva, Marina Tempera, Fernando Porteiro, Filipe Mora Jakobsen, Kirsten Jakobsen, Joachim Albuquerque, Mónica Serrão Santos, Ricardo
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Observations of deep-sea homolids are becoming more common, but good-resolution imagery of these crabs in the natural environment is still scarce. Sixteen new in situ observations of Paromola cuvieri from various locations within the central and eastern groups of the Azores Archipelago (Northeast Atlantic) are described here based on video footage collected by two submersible vehicles. Crabs were found on coral gardens and deep-sea sponge aggregations, which are priority habitats of conservation importance under OSPARCOM. Diverse sessile megafauna were recorded (>59 taxa), including sponges, hydroids, corals, brachiopods, crinoids and oysters. Overall, 75% of the crabs were carrying live specimens of sessile invertebrates, mainly sponges and cold-water corals. Object selection shows to be a more complex process than previously thought, in which factors such as morphology, size and weight of objects and also palatability seem to be more important in the process of object selection than their availability.
Starting Page	37
Ending Page	46
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18671616
Journal	Marine Biodiversity
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18671624
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-04-05
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Homolidae Habitat Camouflage Anti-predator defense Azores Video Biodiversity Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Freshwater & Marine Ecology Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography

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