Peripatric speciation drives diversification and distributional pattern of reef hermit crabs (Decapoda: Diogenidae: Calcinus)

• Main Authors: Malay, Maria Celia D., Paulay, Gustav
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Hermit crabs—Variation; Hermit crabs—Geographical distribution; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8040
• Institution: De La Salle University

The diversity on coral reefs has long captivated observers. We examine the mechanisms of speciation, role of ecology in speciation, and patterns of species distribution in a typical reef‐associated clade—the diverse and colorful Calcinus hermit crabs—to address the origin of tropical marine diversit...