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Notes on animal associations 1. A porcellanid crab on the sea pen, Pteroeides esperi Herklots

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Title Notes on animal associations 1. A porcellanid crab on the sea pen, Pteroeides esperi Herklots
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Creator Jones,S
 
Subject Animal association
porcellanid crab
sea pen
Pteroeides esperi Herklots
 
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Recently while examining a living specimen of the sea pen, Pleroeides esperi
Herklots, brought up in a shore seine at Vedalai near Mandapam on the Gulf of
Mannar, a porcelJanid crab, the colour pattern of which resembled that of the host
to a remarkable degree, was found sheltering between the pinnules (plate I, fig. I).
The camoufiage was so perfect that it was difficult at a casual glance to spot the crab,
the general colour of which was whitish as that of the sea pen .
while the carapace and chelipids had dark more or less symmetrically arranged spots,
simulating to some extent the dark spots on the distal part and margin of the pinnules.
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Date 2021-08-04T10:11:22Z
2021-08-04T10:11:22Z
1959
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/52991
 
Language English
 
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