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Egg extrusion site of coconut crab Birgus latro: direct observation of terrestrial egg extrusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Taku Sato  and
Kenzo Yoseda
Taku Sato*
Affiliation:
Ishigaki Tropical Station, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907-0451, Japan
Kenzo Yoseda
Affiliation:
Ishigaki Tropical Station, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907-0451, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Sato Ishigaki, Tropical Station, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907-0451, Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Little is known about the egg extrusion site and behaviour of the coconut crab Birgus latro. We first succeeded to observe a single instance of egg extrusion of this species in their habitat on Hatoma Island, south-west of Okinawa, Japan, on the night of 5 June 2008. In this paper, we present details of the egg extrusion site and behaviour of the coconut crab.

Keywords

Birgus latrococonut crabfertilizationegg extrusion site
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e37
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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