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Habitat specialization by Thia scutellata (Decapoda: Brachyura) off Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2001

E.I.S. Rees
E.I.S. Rees
Affiliation:
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Menai Bridge,Anglesey, LL59 5EY, UK, E-mail: oss058@sos.bangor.ac.uk
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Abstract

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There are sporadic records of Thia scutellata from Carmarthen Bay, Cardigan Bay and off the north coast of Wales. Relative scarcity of this small burrowing crab is probably due to habitat specialization. It lives in loose very well sorted medium sand, as typically found in parts of sand waves.

Type
Short Communication
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , August 2001 , pp. 697 - 698
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom