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Reay, P.J. & J. Haig (1990). Coastal hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) from Kenya, with a review and key to East African species. Bulletin of Marine Science 46(3): 578-589
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Reay, P. J.; Haig, J.
1990
Coastal hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) from Kenya, with a review and key to East African species
Bulletin of Marine Science
46(3): 578-589
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A collection of hermit crabs from supralittoral, intertidal and shallow sublittoral areas of the Kenya coast between latitudes 3o 50'S and 4o 30'S, revealed the occurrence of 24 species belonging to the genera Coenobita, Diogenes, Dardanus, Clibanarius, Trizopagurus and Paguristes. One of the Calcinus species is undescribed, three of the other species constitute new records for the East African mainland, and all but one are strictly new records for Kenya whose hermit crab fauna has received no attention in the literature. The species are discussed in terms of habitat and their occurrence at the five main collecting sites; the occurrence and distribution of 52 coastal hermit crab species from the whole of East Africa and adjacent islands is also reviewed, and a key for identifying the mainland species is presented.
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Kenya for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Kenya for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Kenya for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Kenya for Trizopagurus Forest, 1952
Madagascar for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Madagascar for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Madagascar for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Madagascar for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Madagascar for Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
Mozambique for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Mozambique for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Mozambique for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Mozambique for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Mozambique for Trizopagurus Forest, 1952
Seychelles for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Seychelles for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Seychelles for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Seychelles for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Seychelles for Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
Somalia for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Somalia for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Somalia for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Somalia for Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
Tanzania for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Tanzania for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Tanzania for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Tanzania for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Kenya for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Kenya for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Kenya for Trizopagurus Forest, 1952
Madagascar for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Madagascar for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Madagascar for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Madagascar for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Madagascar for Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
Mozambique for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Mozambique for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Mozambique for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Mozambique for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Mozambique for Trizopagurus Forest, 1952
Seychelles for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Seychelles for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Seychelles for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Seychelles for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Seychelles for Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
Somalia for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Somalia for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Somalia for Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Somalia for Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
Tanzania for Aniculus Dana, 1852
Tanzania for Calcinus Dana, 1851
Tanzania for Clibanarius Dana, 1852
Tanzania for Coenobita Latreille, 1829