Lybia is a genus of small crabs in the familyXanthidae. Their common names include boxer crabs, boxing crabs and pom-pom crabs. They are notable for their mutualism with sea anemones,[3] which they hold in their claws for defense. In return, the anemones get carried around which may enable them to capture more food particles with their tentacles. Boxer crabs use at least three species of anemones, including Bundeopsis spp. and Triactis producta. The bonding with the anemone is not needed for survival, however, and boxer crabs have frequently been known to live without them, sometimes substituting other organisms such as sponges and corals for the sea anemones.
^ abPeter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
^Abigail Smigel (July 17, 2002). "Creature Feature: Not Quite Muhammed Ali". Deeper Blue.
lybia, confused, with, libya, genus, small, crabs, family, xanthidae, their, common, names, include, boxer, crabs, boxing, crabs, crabs, they, notable, their, mutualism, with, anemones, which, they, hold, their, claws, defense, return, anemones, carried, aroun. Not to be confused with Libya Lybia is a genus of small crabs in the family Xanthidae Their common names include boxer crabs boxing crabs and pom pom crabs They are notable for their mutualism with sea anemones 3 which they hold in their claws for defense In return the anemones get carried around which may enable them to capture more food particles with their tentacles Boxer crabs use at least three species of anemones including Bundeopsis spp and Triactis producta The bonding with the anemone is not needed for survival however and boxer crabs have frequently been known to live without them sometimes substituting other organisms such as sponges and corals for the sea anemones LybiaHawaiian pompom crab Lybia edmondsoniScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaSubphylum CrustaceaClass MalacostracaOrder DecapodaSuborder PleocyemataInfraorder BrachyuraFamily XanthidaeSubfamily PolydectinaeGenus LybiaH Milne Edwards 1834 1 Type speciesLybia tessellataLatreille in Milbert 1812 2 The genus Lybia contains the following species 2 L australiensis Ward 1933 L caestifera Alcock 1898 L denticulata Nobili 1905 L edmondsoni Takeda amp Miyake 1970 L hatagumoana Sakai 1961 L leptochelis Zehntner 1894 L plumosa Barnard 1947 L pugil Alcock 1898 L tessellata Latreille in Milbert 1812 Lybia tutelina C G S Tan amp Ng 1994 References Edit Lybia H Milne Edwards 1834 Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved March 1 2011 a b Peter K L Ng Daniele Guinot amp Peter J F Davie 2008 Systema Brachyurorum Part I An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world PDF Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17 1 286 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 06 06 Abigail Smigel July 17 2002 Creature Feature Not Quite Muhammed Ali Deeper Blue External links Edit Crustaceans portalBoxer Crab Lybia tesselata Aquarium World This crab article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lybia amp oldid 1083404597, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
