Lopholithodes foraminatus (lat.) - a species of hermit crabs from the craboid family . It lives along the Pacific coast of North America from Kodiak Island ( Alaska ) to San Diego ( California ) [1] , at a depth of 0 to 547 m [2] . The length of the shell is 15 cm; they feed on bivalve mollusks and detritus . Often buried in the bottom sludge, and then water for breathing enters their gills through holes in the claws [1] . Sometimes fish from the genus Careproctus lays eggs in their gill cavities [3] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Brown box crab, Lopholithodes formaminatus [sic] . Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Date of appeal October 25, 2011.
- ↑ Pierre Chevaldonne and Karine Olu. Occurrence of anomuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) in hydro thermal vent and cold-seep communities: a review // Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington : journal. - 1996. - Vol. 109 , no. 2 - P. 286-298 . Pdf
- ↑ Alex E. Peden & Cathryn A. Corbett. Commensalism between a liparid fish, Careproctus sp., And the lithodid box crab, Lopholithodes foraminatus (English) // Canadian Journal of Zoology : journal. - 1973. - Vol. 51 , no. 5 - P. 555–556 . - DOI : 10.1139 / z73-081 .