The family Homolidae, known as carrier crabs[1] or porter crabs,[2] contains 14 genera of marine crabs. They mostly live on the continental slope and continental shelf, and are rarely encountered.[3] Members of the Homolidae have their fifth pereiopods (last pair of walking legs) in a sub-dorsal position, which allows them to hold objects in place over the rear half of the carapace.[3] The objects carried include sponges, black corals and gorgonians, and this behaviour may be a defence mechanism against predators.[3] Some species have been observed carrying living sea urchins in a symbiotic relationship which allows them to benefit from the protection of the urchin's dangerous spikes.[4][5][6][7]
^Family Homolidae - carrier crabs at sealifebase.org
^Family Homolidae (Porter crabs) at the Marine Species Identification Portal
^ abcMary K. Wicksten (1985). "Carrying behavior in the family Homolidae (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 5 (3): 476–479. doi:10.2307/1547919. JSTOR 1547919.
^"Relationships on the Reef". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
^Carrier Crab video Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, National Geographic
^"Carrier Crab". video.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
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