A new hermit crab species can live in a walking coral's cavity in a reciprocal relationship, replacing the usual marine worm partner, according to a study published September 20, 2017 in the open ...

In return, the coral provides the crab with a living home that grows with it; By HARRY PETTIT FOR MAILONLINE . Published: 02:49 EDT, 21 September 2017 | Updated: 05:22 EDT, 21 September 2017 .

A key cog in the restoration of the Florida Reef Tract – Mote’s Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery – formally opened Monday, even as a portion of the facility is being used to ...

Egypt’s coral reefs are found mainly along the coasts of the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba, where more than 1000 different fish species live among 250 kinds of coral. Despite the ...

When Kato and his colleague, Momoko Igawa, opened the coral up, they found a slender hermit crab. Intrigued, they went back to see what else they could uncover.

Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves. For certain vulnerable corals, help is in the claws of a crab. Reporting in Proceedings Biological Sciences ...

For many reasons, including climate change, coral reefs are dying around the world. But scientists say some crabs eat coral-choking seaweed and algae and may help with restoring coral reefs.

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium celebrated the official opening of its Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center Monday as the first fully operational Caribbean king crab ...

King crabs could help save threatened coral reefs by keeping excessive seaweed growth under control, a promising new study claims. Experiments on the Florida Keys showed the Caribbean king crab is ...

Meij SET van der (2015) A new gall crab species (Brachyura, Cryptochiridae) associated with the free-living coral Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (Scleractinia, Merulinidae). ZooKeys 500: 61-72. doi: 10. ...

Off the coast of Japan, a new species of the crab has partnered with a living coral. The coral grows as the crab ages, which means it has no need to continue searching for a bigger shell to live in.

A new hermit crab species can live in a walking coral's cavity in a reciprocal relationship, replacing the usual marine worm partner, according to a study published Sept. 20, 2017, in the open ...