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How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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February 28, 2017
Spatial distribution of environmental DNA in a nearshore marine habitat
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3044 PubMed 28265513
February 2, 2017
Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to an abrupt decline in sea ice availability
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2957 PubMed 28168119
February 16, 2017
Exoskeletons of Bougainvilliidae and other Hydroidolina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): structure and composition
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2964 PubMed 28224050
February 23, 2017
Eotaria citrica, sp. nov., a new stem otariid from the “Topanga” formation of Southern California
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3022 PubMed 28243536
February 21, 2017
A detailed observation of the ejection and retraction of defense tissue acontia in sea anemone (Exaiptasia pallida)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2996 PubMed 28243530
February 28, 2017
An extremely sensitive nested PCR-RFLP mitochondrial marker for detection and identification of salmonids in eDNA from water samples
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3045 PubMed 28265514
February 23, 2017
Effectiveness of removals of the invasive lionfish: how many dives are needed to deplete a reef?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3043 PubMed 28243542
February 8, 2017
Will you swim into my parlour? In situ observations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) interactions with baited pots, with implications for gear design
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2953 PubMed 28194312
February 14, 2017
Spawning aggregation of white-streaked grouper Epinephelus ongus: spatial distribution and annual variation in the fish density within a spawning ground
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3000 PubMed 28229026
February 2, 2017
Are sawfishes still present in Mozambique? A baseline ecological study
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2950 PubMed 28168114
February 21, 2017
Intersexual differences of heat shock response between two amphipods (Eulimnogammarus verrucosus and Eulimnogammarus cyaneus) in Lake Baikal
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2864 PubMed 28243524
February 2, 2017
Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of Chaetopterus spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2930 PubMed 28168108
February 23, 2017
Genetic diversity and differentiation in reef-building Millepora species, as revealed by cross-species amplification of fifteen novel microsatellite loci
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2936 PubMed 28243525
February 28, 2017
Predatory blue crabs induce stronger nonconsumptive effects in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica than scavenging blue crabs
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3042 PubMed 28265512
February 9, 2017
Acoustic monitoring indicates a correlation between calling and spawning in captive spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2944 PubMed 28289557
February 1, 2017
The embryonic life history of the tropical sea hare Stylocheilus striatus (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) under ambient and elevated ocean temperatures
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2956 PubMed 28168118
February 21, 2017
Species coexistence and the superior ability of an invasive species to exploit a facilitation cascade habitat
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2848 PubMed 28243523
February 8, 2017
Candidate genes that have facilitated freshwater adaptation by palaemonid prawns in the genus Macrobrachium: identification and expression validation in a model species (M. koombooloomba)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2977 PubMed 28194319
February 28, 2017
Effects of enhanced hydrological connectivity on Mediterranean salt marsh fish assemblages with emphasis on the endangered Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3009 PubMed 28265500
February 7, 2017
Large-scale gene flow in the barnacle Jehlius cirratus and contrasts with other broadly-distributed taxa along the Chilean coast
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2971 PubMed 28194316
February 28, 2017
Evidence for high inter-generational individual quality in yellow-eyed penguins
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2935 PubMed 28265492
February 15, 2017
Small-scale spatial variation in population- and individual-level reproductive parameters of the blue-legged hermit crab Clibanarius tricolor
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3004 PubMed 28229028
How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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