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Table 1 Diversity and distribution of the Hc/Sa symbiosis types

From: Symbiosis of sea anemones and hermit crabs: different resource utilization patterns in the Aegean Sea

Hc/Sa symbiosis types

Shell utilization

Distribution

Anemones with hermit crabs

P%

N

 

Ns

Thermaikos

Spetses

Mykonos

Crete

Calliactis parasitica (Cough, 1842)

27.5

75

Ds = 3

Paguristes eremita (Linnaeus, 1767)

  

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

46

X

   

Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

28

X

   

Bolma rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

1

  

X

 

Calliactis parasitica (Cough, 1842)

60.9

39

Ds = 3

Pagurus excavatus (Herbst, 1791)

Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

23

X

   

Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)

13

X

   

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

3

X

X

  

Calliactis parasitica (Cough, 1842)

45

59

Ds = 8

Dardanus calidus (Risso, 1827)

Phalium granulatum (VonBorn, 1778)

26

 

X

X

X

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

12

X

X

X

 

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

12

 

X

X

X

Charonia tritonis variegata (Lamarck, 1816)

3

  

X

X

Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)

2

X

   

Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

2

X

   

Bolma rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

1

   

X

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)

1

   

X

Calliactis parasitica (Cough, 1842)

71.4

20

Ds = 6

Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796)

Phalium granulatum (VonBorn, 1778)

13

 

X

X

 

Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)

2

  

X

 

Natica stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)

2

  

X

 

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

1

   

X

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

1

X

   

Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

1

X

   
  1. P% percentage of hermit crabs with sea anemones to the number of individuals, N number of hermit crab individuals in symbiosis with sea anemones, Ds diversity of shell utilization, Ns number of gastropod shell individuals (indicating the shell utilization by hermit crabs)
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