MATERIALS AND METHODS
Study species and housing
The Australian terrestrial hermit crab, Coenobita variabilis, from the Coenobitidae family, are endemic to Northern Australia, are one of only 17 terrestrial hermit crab species (Harvey, 1992) and were used in this study. They are found in coastal habitats, on sandy shores or rocky beaches, and are nocturnal. They live in a gastropod shell, which offers protection from predation and desiccation to their soft abdomen (Turra and Gorman, 2014). Females…
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