Hairy stone crab explained

The hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta) is a crab-like anomuran crustacean that lives in the littoral zone of southern Australia from Bunbury, Western Australia, to the Bass Strait.[1] It is the only species in the family Lomisidae. It is 1.5- wide,[1] slow-moving, and covered in brown hair which camouflages it against the rocks upon which it lives.[2]

Some controversy exists about the relationship between L. hirta and the other anomuran families. Candidates for its closest relatives have included hermit crabs,[3] specifically king crabs,[4] and Aegla.[5] [6] It is clear, however, that Lomis represents a separate case of carcinisation.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keith . Davey . Species bank: Lomis hirta . August 15, 2006 . Department of the Environment and Heritage.
  2. Web site: Hairy Stone Crab . 1996 . Museum Victoria . 2006-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060411140558/http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/mov1711t.html . 2006-04-11 . dead .
  3. Dixon . C. J. . F. R. . Schram . Frederick Schram . S. T. . Ahyong . 2004. A new hypothesis of decapod phylogeny. . 76 . 8 . 935–975 . 10.1163/156854003771997846.
  4. Martin . J. W. . L. G. . Abele . 1986 . Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Aegla (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae), with comments on anomuran phylogeny . . 6 . 3 . 576–616 . 10.2307/1548195 . The Crustacean Society . 1548195.
  5. Mitochondrial gene rearrangements confirm the parallel evolution of the crab-like form . Morrison . C. L. . A. W. . Harvey . S. . Lavery . K. . Tieu. Y. . Huang . C. W. . Cunningham . 2001 . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B . 269 . 345–350 . 10.1098/rspb.2001.1886 . . 1489 . 11886621 . 1690904.
  6. Porter . Megan L.. Marcos . Pérez-Losada. Keith A. Crandall. Keith A. . Crandall . 2005. Model-based multi-locus estimation of decapod phylogeny and divergence times. . 37 . 355–369. 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.021. 16112880. 2.
  7. Jonas . Keiler . Stefan . Richter . Christian S. . Wirkner . 2016 . Revealing their innermost secrets: an evolutionary perspective on the disparity of the organ systems in anomuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) . . 85 . 4 . 361–386 . 2016-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118095956/http://www.contributionstozoology.nl/vol85/nr04/a01 . 2017-01-18 . dead .

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