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Mictyris longicarpus (Latreille, 1806)

 Light-blue Solider crab

Kate Buchanan (2014)

 

 

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Summary


Physical Description


Ecology

Predators


Burrowing Preference (Experiment)


Ecological Importance


Habitat


Life History & Behaviour

Feeding


Aggressive Signalling


Burrowing


Response to humans


Reproduction


Anatomy & Physiology

Sensory Organs


Respiration


Nervous & Endocrine


Evolution & Systematics


Biogeographic Distribution


Conservation & Threats


References & Links

References & Links

AHYONG, S. T., LAI, J. C., SHARKEY, D., COLGAN, D. J. & NG, P. K. 2007. Phylogenetics of the brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda): The status of Podotremata based on small subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45, 576-586.

CAMERON, AM. 1966. Some aspects of the behaviour of the solider crab Mictyris longicarpus, Pacific Science, 20, 224-234

CHU, K., LI, C. & HO, H. 2001. The first internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1) of ribosomal DNA as a molecular marker for phylogenetic and population analyses in Crustacea. Marine Biotechnology, 3, 355-361.

DAVIE, P. 2011. Wild Guide To Moreton Bay And Adjacent Coasts, The Queensland Museum.

DAVIE, P. J., SHIH, H. & CHAN, B. K. 2010. A new species of Mictyris (Decapoda, Brachyura, Mictyridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Crustaceana Monographs, 11, 83-105.

DITTMANN, S. 1998. Behaviour and population structure of soldier crabsMictyris longicarpus (Latreille): Observations from a tidal flat in tropical North Queensland, Australia. Senckenbergiana maritima, 28, 177-184.

FARRELLY, C. & GREENAWAY, P. 1987. The morphology and vasculature of the lungs and gills of the soldier crab,Mictyris longicarpus. Journal of Morphology, 193, 285-304.

GARTH JS & ABBOTT D.P. 1980. Intertidal Invertebrates of California, Stanford University Press, Stanford

HARTNOLL, R. G. 1973. Factors affecting the distribution and behaviour of the crab Dotilla fenestrata on East African shores. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 1, 137-152.

HICKMAN, C. P., ROBERTS, L. S., LARSON, A., L'ANSON, H. & EISENHOUR, D. J. 2006. Integrated principles of zoology, McGraw-Hill New York, NY

KLOMPMAKER, A. A., SCHWEITZER, C. E., FELDMANN, R. M. & KOWALEWSKI, M. 2013. The influence of reefs on the rise of Mesozoic marine crustaceans. Geology, 41, 1179-1182

KNOWLES, S. F. G. W. & CARLISLE, D. B. 1956. ENDOCRINE CONTROL IN THE CRUSTACEA. Biological Reviews, 31, 396-467.

MAITLAND, D. P. & MAITLAND, A. 1992. Penetration of water into blind-ended capillary tubes and its bearing on the functional design of the lungs of soldier crabs Mictyris longicarpus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 163, 333.

MASON, C. A. 1970. Function of the pericardial sacs during the molt cycle in the land crab Gecarcinus lateralis. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 174, 381-390.

POORE, G. 2004. Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: A guide to identification, CSIRO PUBLISHING.

QUINN, R. 1986. Experimental studies of food ingestion and assimilation of the soldier crab,< i> Mictyris longicarpus</i> Latreille (Decapoda, Mictyridae). Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 102, 167-181.

ROSSI, F. & CHAPMAN, M. G. 2003. Influence of sediment on burrowing by the soldier crab Mictyris longicarpus Latreille. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 289, 181-195.

RUPPERT,E.E, Barnes RD, FOX RS. 2004. Invertebrate zoology. Saunders College Pub.,

TAKEDA, S., MATSUMASA, M., YONG, H.-S. & MURAI, M. 1996. “Igloo” construction by the ocypodid crab, Dotilla myctiroides (Milne-Edwards) (Crustacea; Brachyura): the role of an air chamber when burrowing in a saturated sandy substratum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 198, 237-247.

WEBB, A. P. & EYRE, B. D. 2004. The effect of natural populations of the burrowing and grazing soldier crab (< i> Mictyris longicarpus</i>) on sediment irrigation, benthic metabolism and nitrogen fluxes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 309, 1-19.

ZEIL, J., NALBACH, G. & NALBACH, H.-O. 1986. Eyes, eye stalks and the visual world of semi-terrestrial crabs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 159, 801-811.

ZHARIKOV, Y. & SKILLETER, G. A. 2004. Why do eastern curlews Numenius madagascariensis feed on prey that lowers intake rate before migration? Journal of Avian Biology, 35, 533-542

 

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