Reproductive Characteristics of the Hermit Crab Pagurus middendorffii Brandt, 1851 (Decapoda: Paguridae) from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan

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Some aspects of the reproductive biology of the widespread boreal hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii Brandt, 1851 were studied. Samples were collected monthly from November 2022 to November 2023 at a depth of 1–3 m in Zhitkov Bay (Russky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan). About 38% of the specimens were infected with parasitic crustaceans. Among healthy hermit crabs, the size of the calcified part of the carapace (SL) ranged from 1.9 to 6.6 mm (average 4.53±0.95) for males, from 1.9 to 5.5 mm (average 3.67±0.68) for females, and from 1.9 to 5.3 mm (average 3.56±0.62 mm) for ovigerous females. The male to female ratio during the study period varied from 0.6 to 4.0 with an average of 2.2. Spawning commenced in late October and ceased in late November, the incubation period lasted 6.5 months, and the embryonic diapause was absent. Repeated spawning was not observed. A comparative analysis of the reproductive characteristics of hermit crabs from different areas showed that changes in the temperature regime influence the timing of spawning and the duration of the incubation period, which significantly increases due to the slow embryo development at low temperatures in some species and due to the embryonic diapause in others.

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E. S. Kornienko

Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690041

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2. Fig. 1. A schematic map of the research area.

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3. Fig. 2. The proportion of healthy individuals of Pagurus middendorffii and infected with parasitic crustaceans (a), as well as the ratio of males and females among healthy individuals (b).

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4. Fig. 3. The size composition of healthy males (n = 519) and females (n = 289) of Pagurus middendorffii and the proportion of males in different size groups.

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5. Fig. 4. Empirical points and regression line of the dependence of individual fertility of Pagurus middendorffii on the size of females.

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6. Fig. 5. Water temperature in the Zhitkov bay (Russian Island, Sea of Japan) during the observation period and the ratio of different categories of female Pagurus middendorffii (a) and different groups of egg-bearing females (b).

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