Clibanarius fonticola

Clibanarius fonticola
	Freshwater aquarium tank
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Diogenidae
Genus:	Clibanarius
Species:	C. fonticola
Binomial name
	Clibanarius fonticola; McLaughlin & Murray, 1990

Clibanarius fonticola is the only species of hermit crab in the world that lives in fresh water. It is found on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.^[2] While a number of other hermit crabs are terrestrial or live in estuarine habitats, C. fonticola is the only species that spends its life in fresh water.^[3] It lives in a pool fed by springs near the village of , close to an abandoned airstrip. The adult hermit crabs of this species all use shells of Clithon corona.^[2]

Empty shell of Clithon corona. Scale bar is 10 mm.

References[]

^ Patsy McLaughlin (2009). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Clibanarius fonticola McLaughlin & Murray, 1990". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. JSTOR 1548413.
^ Masayuki Osawa & Yoshihisa Fujita (2008). "Clibanarius ambonensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan" (PDF). JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records. 1: e16. doi:10.1017/S1755267206001667. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-03-10.

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[1] Patsy McLaughlin (2009). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Clibanarius fonticola McLaughlin & Murray, 1990". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 10, 2010.

[Font-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. JSTOR 1548413.

[3] Masayuki Osawa & Yoshihisa Fujita (2008). "Clibanarius ambonensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan" (PDF). JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records. 1: e16. doi:10.1017/S1755267206001667. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-03-10.

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