Gastropods shell utilization among hermit crabs targeted by bait fishers along a tropical mangrove fringed creek, Mida, Kenya

Kihia, Charles; Muthumbi, Agnes; Okondo, J; Nthiga, A; Njuguna, V

doi:10.1007/s11273-015-9429-z

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“…Therefore, the shells might have been inhabited by hermit crabs. Shells of Telescopium and Terebralia are both well known to be intensively pagurized (Wells 2003 ; Epa and de Silva 2011 ; Willan 2013 ; Kihia et al 2015 ). This mechanism would have promoted transport of potamidid shells far beyond their preferred mangrove environment across the vast tidal mud flat of the northern Indian Ocean.…”

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Early Miocene reef- and mudflat-associated gastropods from Makran (SE-Iran)

Harzhauser

Reuter

Piller

2017

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A new gastropod fauna of Burdigalian (early Miocene) age is described from the Iranian part of Makran. The fauna comprises 19 species and represents three distinct assemblages from turbid water coral reef, shallow subtidal soft-bottom and mangrove-fringed mudflat environments in the northern Indian Ocean. Especially the reef-associated assemblage comprises largely new species. This is explained by the rare occurrence of reefs along the northern margin of the Miocene Indian Ocean and the low number of scientific studies dealing with the region. In terms of paleobiogeography, the fauna corresponds well to coeval faunas from the Pakistani Balochistan and Sindh provinces and the Indian Kathiawar, Kutch and Kerala provinces. During the early Miocene, these constituted a discrete biogeographic unit, the Western Indian Province, which documents the near complete biogeographic isolation from the Proto-Mediterranean Sea. Some mudflat taxa might represent examples of vicariance following the Tethys closure. The fauna also displays little connection with coeval faunas from Indonesia, documenting a strong provincialism within the Indo-West Pacific Region during early Miocene times. Neritopsis gedrosiana sp. nov., Calliostoma irerense sp. nov., Calliostoma mohtatae sp. nov. and Trivellona makranica sp. nov. are described as new species.

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Early Miocene reef- and mudflat-associated gastropods from Makran (SE-Iran)

Harzhauser

Reuter

Piller

2017

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“…Species richness, also known as biodiversity, plays a vital role in maintaining ecosystem functioning (Tilman et al, 1996). Kihia et al (2015) reported that the degradation of mangrove forests and other human disturbances have created unfavorable conditions for the survival of delicate organisms like gastropods and hermit crabs. Consequently, several studies have been conducted on hermit crabs by experts such as Ragagnin et al (2018), Tidau & Briffa (2019), Lavers et al (2020), andMukhopadhyay et al (2022).…”

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Ecological characteristic of hermit crabs in Lhokseumawe mangrove forest, Aceh, Indonesia

Fitriani,

Erlangga,

Syahrial

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The study was conducted between August and September of 2021 in order to determine the density, ecological index, distribution pattern, geographic distribution, environmental factors, and the relationship between hermit crabs and environmental factors. Hermit crabs were gathered using a quadratic transect and sample plots, while environmental variables were measured in situ. PCA and CCA multivariate statistics were used to determine the characteristics and correlation between hermit crabs and environmental factors. Hermit crabs were discovered to be comprised of two species (Clibanariuslongitarsus and C. infraspinatus) and one family (Diogenidae), with the highest density found in the C. longitarsus species (1.22 ± 0.57 – 4.68 3.53 ind/m2), diversity index is categorized as moderate (2.0<H’≤3.0), the dominance is low (0<C≤0.5), the distribution pattern is clustered (Iδ>1), the geographical distribution is abundant (>80%), and environmental factors are categorized as good. In addition, Stations I and II have high DO, TOM, mangrove density, C. longitarsus, and C. infraspinatus parameters, whereas Station III has high salinity, pH, and temperature, with salinity, mangrove density, and TOM being the most influential parameters on hermit crab density.

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