pagurian

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pagurian

(pəˈɡjʊərɪən) or

pagurid

n
(Animals) any decapod crustacean of the family Paguridae, which includes the hermit crabs
adj
(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Paguridae
[C19: from Latin pagurus, from Greek pagouros kind of crab]
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Studies on the provenzanoi and other pagurid groups: VII.
Descripcion de la primera zoea del cangrejo ermitano Pagurus perlatus (Milne Edwards, 1848) (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) obtenida en laboratorio
Plankton samples were comprised of primarily crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, euphausiids, and decapod (brachyuran, pagurid, caridean) larvae) and chaetognaths with some polychaetes, gastropods, cnidarians, echinoderm larvae, and fish larvae and eggs; no red, blue, or golden king crab larvae were present.
Development of a real-time PCR assay for detection of planktonic red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius 1815)) larvae
Hydractinia [GM], as well as many Atlantic Hydractinia species (Yund et al., 1987; Buss and Yund, 1988, 1989; Frank et al., 2001), encrusts the surface of gastropod shells occupied by pagurid hermit crabs.
Fitness consequences of allorecognition-mediated agonistic interactions in the colonial hydroid Hydractinia [GM]*
The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Larvae of Sympatric Pagurid Hermity Crabs (Decapoda, Anomura) in Virginian Estuarine and Coastal Waters.
Life-history variation among three temperate hermit crabs: the importance of size in reproductive strategies
Regardless, the pattern differed unambiguously from that of the three pagurid Hcs, each of which had additional bands (Fig.
The greater pH dependence of the portunid, cancrid, and pagurid Hcs is typical of crustacean Hcs.
vittatus Hc is distinctive as well, the values for the three pagurids do not differ significantly from one another (Table III, lines 2-4).
Subunit composition and O2 binding of the crustacean hemocyanins: interspecific relationships
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