Sentences with phrase «of hermit crabs»

There are large populations of hermit crabs that feed on the bird droppings.

These include emerald crabs and several species of hermit crabs.

Other kinds of hermit crabs live in coral reefs, but typically move in and out of a series of mollusk shells as the crabs...

In 1986, Ivan Chase of Stony Brook University made the first observations of hermit crabs exchanging shells in a «vacancy chain» — a term originally coined by social scientists to describe the ways that people trade coveted resources like apartments and jobs.

Other kinds of hermit crabs live in coral reefs, but typically move in and out of a series of mollusk shells as the crabs grow.

Walking the sea, I think of the small diaspora of the hermit crab, and the unshackled shell.

A new species of hermit crab discovered in the shallow waters of southern Japan has been enjoying the perks of living like a peanut worm.

A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis.

A sea anemone is at home on top of a hermit crab.

Not exact matches

Miles of beach perfect for building sand castles, collecting seashells, or chasing hermit crabs.

Plus, because walking coral fossils are easy to come by in Japan, she also wants «to reveal the evolutionary history of the symbioses of walking corals [with] sipunculans and hermit crabs by observing these fossils.»

In recent years scientists have found that members of many species, from hermit crabs to rats to fish, have unique dispositions, demonstrating consistent behavioral differences over time and across varying situations.

Diogenes heteropsammicola is the first hermit crab known to form a mutually beneficial relationship with two species of mobile corals called walking corals.

So it makes sense that hermit crabs and other animals have evolved sophisticated social behaviors to make the most of vacancy chains.

Most hermit crabs favor snail shells, although some use the shells of bivalves, like clams and scallops, and others have made do with driftwood, stones and pieces of glass or plastic bottles.

Social context of shell acquisition in Coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs.

Only one thing could break up the chain of crabs: a Goldilocks hermit crab for whom the shell introduced by Lewis and Rotjan was just right.

Strip a hermit crab of its shell and you will see its soft, pink abdomen curled behind its head like a fern's frond.

Then the sediment cleared just enough for him to catch a glimpse of a stone church tower, crawling with hermit crabs, lying on the sea bed.

In experiments done at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute here, hermit crabs living in highly acidic conditions did not show the increased boldness of Munday's clown fish, but they took far longer to withdraw into their shells than normal when they came under attack from a potential predator (in this case, a toy octopus).

Enter the toy octopus: A team of researchers in California is exploring how the changing ocean chemistry affects a hermit crab's fight - or - flight response by simulating octopus attacks in the laboratory.

Codename: Green - eyed hermit crab Name: Paragiopagurus atkinsonae Compromised: May Known territory: South African coast Physical characteristics: Green eyes; living shell composed of anemones held together by sand Notable skills / traits: EVASION / CAMOUFLAGE: P. atkinsonae wasn't spotted until 2012.

To see how acidification might affect one deepwater creature, marine biologist Taewon Kim and colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California, used a robot submarine to vacuum up some deep - sea hermit crabs (Pagurus tanneri) that live off the coast of California at depths of 900 meters.

Hermit crabs don't grow their own shells, but upcycle those of dead molluscs.

They likewise came across carrion - feeding flesh flies emerging from a dead rodent, two nearly microscopic hermit crabs trapped dozens of kilometers from the closest seashore and a larval - stage beaded lacewing, which immobilizes termites with a chemical released from its anus before eating them.

A new species of nocturnal hermit crab, discovered in the Caribbean, fits the bill.

Recent underwater photographs and video obtained using scuba equipment by underwater photographer Ellen Muller at dive sites in the National Marine Park of the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire revealed the presence of a small, secretive and brightly colored red - striped hermit crab that proved to represent a species new to science.

The behavior of this new hermit crab is intriguing.

The shape of the right, or major, pincer of this new hermit crab species is remarkable and unique with its shape and massive size when compared to the body.

Further studies are needed in order to confirm the true ecological role of this fascinating hermit crab.

The function of the pincer and claw, however, is at present unknown, although a video shows that it is used by the hermit crab to push itself while crawling along the bottom.

In warm years, the hermit crabs can often be found on the island's beaches, in cold winters they withdraw to the deeper reaches of the ocean.

The color pattern reminded author Dr. Rafael Lemaitre, Smithsonian Institution, USA, of traditional candy cane, and thus he assigned the common name «Candy striped hermit crab.»

«Cleaning» parasites or fouling organisms from the body of many cooperating fish, or removal of undesired food particles by certain small and colorful shrimps has been known for nearly 60 years, but never has a hermit crab been documented to engage in such type of ecological association.

A modern brain in an ancient body: A reconstruction of the brain of the 520 million year - old fossil Fuxianhuia protensa (left), which has a very simple body shape, yet shows unexpected similarity to the complex brain of a modern crustacean, such as the land hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) pictured on the right.

Derek retreated to the hinterland of northern New Jersey to live out life as a «hermit crab.»

The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A display border with colourful Hermit crabs An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures A title poster for display Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells Sea creature flash cards Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story Tracing pattern worksheets Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes - great for discussion and displays Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet Label the sea creatures worksheets A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs Sequencing picture cards for the story Cut and paste sequence worksheet What happens next worksheets My favourite part of the story worksheet Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet - with different version for different abilities Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures Beginning, middle and end worksheet Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets An alphabet line on Hermit crabs A number line to 30 on different sea creatures A crab face mask to make - in colour and black and white Writing paper with themed borders Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves.

I linger over every item: photos of loved ones, my children's drawings, posters, the little tin cyclist sent by a friend the day before the Paris - Roubaix bike race, and the IV pole hanging over the bed where I have been confined these past six months, like a hermit crab dug into his rock.

For example, a retailer could sell a mixture of snails and hermit crabs for $ 10, while a single Fiji damsel would fetch an equal amount.

When it comes to invertebrates, it's best to maintain a consistent supply of small, inexpensive specimens such as crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp, snails, etc. — after all, not every customer can afford a $ 100 head of coral.

Hermits can range in price on a retail level from $ 1 to $ 30 depending on size, color of the crab and the shell they are calling home.

That's our shorthand for the range of amphibians that the famed five - and - dime retailer was famous for stocking when we were kids: inexpensive aquatic frogs and salamanders, as well as hermit crabs and the like.

Hermit crabs must live in the shells of dead snails.

Exotic species take a special touch, and all of the animalEO formulations recommended for exotic pets, have not only been used on my own personal birds, rats, gerbils, fish, hermit crabs... but on the animals of my very best friends, family, and clients.

In addition, the Ramseys have a 12 - year - old son, Thomas, and a house full of the pets Rathbun - Ramsey never had as a child, including a dachshund, a bowlegged cat, a fish and a hermit crab, Hermie.

Eric has had many pets of his own from small hermit crabs all the way to dogs of all sizes.

Growing up with two older brothers, she had a variety of pets, ranging from lizards, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, cats, and hermit crabs.

Unlike many animals, hermit crabs need two kinds of water bowls: one with freshwater and one with salt water.

Kelly has always had a soft spot for animals of all shapes and sizes - she grew up with two dogs as well as many hamsters, birds, hermit crabs and even a caterpillar!

Hermit crabs make adorable pets but these little packages of cuteness are surprisingly high - maintenance and require exacting care.