Division of Natural Sciences, New College, 33580, Sarasota, Florida.
J Chem Ecol. 1984 Apr;10(4):569-82. doi: 10.1007/BF00994222.
Chemical cues are important to hermit crabs in location of shells. The type of gastropod flesh at a predation site (area where a gastropod is being consumed) influences species of crabs attracted to the site. Additionally, amount of flesh at a site is an important factor influencing relative size of the site attendants. Chemical information broadcast from natural predation sites appears highly specific and may serve to separate shell searching of various sizes and species of hermit crabs in time and space.
化学线索对寄居蟹寻找贝壳的位置非常重要。捕食地点（腹足类动物被消耗的区域）的腹足类动物肉体类型会影响吸引到该地点的螃蟹种类。此外，地点的肉体数量是影响地点 attendant 相对大小的一个重要因素。从自然捕食地点发出的化学信息似乎非常特异，可能有助于在时间和空间上区分不同大小和种类的寄居蟹的贝壳搜索行为。
