Eriphia smithi is a very common East African intertidal xanthoid crab. Its dietary input is based mainly in algal grazing (during the day) and predation (particularly at night). Predation appears quite opportunistic and mostly directed at crustaceans and molluscs, among which bivales largely predominate. Echinoderms are actively avoided and, contrary to common belief, predation on Prosobranchia is only accessory.
Feeding habits of the pebble crab Eriphia smithi (Crustacea, Brachyura, Menippidae) / M. VANNINI; G. CHELAZZI; F. GHERARDI. - In: MARINE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0025-3162. - STAMPA. - 100:(1989), pp. 249-252. [10.1007/BF00391965]
Feeding habits of the pebble crab Eriphia smithi (Crustacea, Brachyura, Menippidae).
VANNINI, MARCO;CHELAZZI, GUIDO;GHERARDI, FRANCESCA
1989
Abstract
Eriphia smithi is a very common East African intertidal xanthoid crab. Its dietary input is based mainly in algal grazing (during the day) and predation (particularly at night). Predation appears quite opportunistic and mostly directed at crustaceans and molluscs, among which bivales largely predominate. Echinoderms are actively avoided and, contrary to common belief, predation on Prosobranchia is only accessory.
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