Coenobita cavipes

Hamasaki, Katsuyuki, Tsuru, Takuma, Sanda, Tetsuya, Fujikawa, Shunsuke, Dan, Shigeki & Kitada, Shuichi, 2017, Ontogenetic change of body color patterns in laboratory-raised juveniles of six terrestrial hermit crab species, Zootaxa 4226 (4), pp. 521-545 : 529

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EE63479-7793-42FB-BDC6-7602068C347A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6004792

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F1D0E35-6345-701C-68EB-4623BEB6F9B9

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Plazi

scientific name

Coenobita cavipes
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Coenobita cavipes View in CoL

The shield of the first stage crab (0.97–1.03 mm SL) has faint brownish pigments ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 A, B); they develop as two longitudinal brown bands/patches on the middle portion and a dark brown band at the anterior lower portion of each side wall of the whitish/creamy shield in juveniles with an SL of> 1.2 mm after one month of age ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 D–F, 8A–D, G). The ocular peduncle of the first stage crab has a brownish pigment area ventrally ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 C), and it gradually develops to a dark brown color after one month of age ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 E). The ocular acicles and the upper edge of the shield exhibit a brown color in juveniles with an SL of> 1.3 mm after two months of age ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 F, 8A). The second and third pereiopods of the first stage crabs are reddish brown, excluding the distal and proximal parts of each segment; they appear to have whitish rings at the boundaries between segments ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 A, B). The palm of the left cheliped begins to develop brownish pigment areas on the upper and lower parts after one month of age ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 D, E); specifically, the pigment on the lower part develops as a distinct large brown patch, and the palm appears to have a longitudinal white stripe on the middle portion ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 F, 8C, D, F, G). The brownish bands also develop on the carpi and meri of the chelipeds, and the bands of the pereiopods become dark brown ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 D–F, 8C, D, F, G).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Coenobitidae

Genus

Coenobita

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