Birgus
Latro
The
Coconut Crab, Birgus latro
http://www.herper.com/Cococrab.html
Birgus
Latro
http://www.mbi.nsysu.edu.tw/~fiddler/hermit/list_hc/Birgus_l.htm
Robertson, M. 1991.
Husbandry and moulting behavior of the Robber or Coconut crab
Birgus latro at London Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 30:
60-67.
Professor
Greenawat : Birgus Latro-Related Research Papers
http://www.bioscience.unsw.edu.au/greenawa.htm
Includes:
Joanne Wilde,
Honours. Digestion and assimilation by Robber Crabs, Birgus
latro.
Greenaway, P. (2001). Sodium and Water Balance in free
ranging Robber Crabs, Birgus latro (Anomura: Coenobitidae).
J. Crust. Biol.,21:317-327.
Morris, S., Greenaway, P., Adamczewska, A.M. & Ahern,
M.D. (2000). Adaptations to a terrestrial existence in the
Robber Crab Birgus latro L. IX. Hormonal control of
post-renal urine reprocessing and salt balance in the branchial
chamber. J. exp. Biol., 203, 389-396.
Dillaman, R.M., Greenaway, P. & Linton, S.M. (1999).
Role of the midgut gland in purine excretion in the Robber
Crab, Birgus latro (Anomura: Coenobitidae). J. Morph.,
241:227-235.
Farrelly, C.A. & Greenaway, P. (1994). Gas exchange
in air-breathing crabs: lungs versus gills. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 187:113-130.
Taylor, H.H., Greenaway, P. & Morris, S. (1993).
Adaptations to a terrestrial existence by the Robber Crab,
Birgus latro. VIII. Osmotic and ionic regulation on freshwater
and saline drinking regimens. Journal of Experimental Biology,
179:93-113.
Professor
H. Harry Taylor: Birgus Latro-Related Research Papers
http://www.zool.canterbury.ac.nz/ht.htm
Research
interests
Gas exchange
in crustaceans and molluscs.
Circulatory systems of crustaceans and molluscs.
Salt and water balance in marine, freshwater and terrestrial
crustaceans.
Terrestrial adaptations in Crustacea.
Ultrastructure of crustacean gills and lungs.
Physiology of stress due to commercial handling and live transport
of lobsters, crabs and abalone.
Eco-toxicology of aquatic invertebrates (acidification, metals,
nitrites).
Ontogeny of respiration and osmoregulation of crustacean embryos.
Research Includes:
Taylor, H.H., Greenaway, P., & Morris, S. (1991)
Branchial modification of urine and osmoregulation in the
land crab, Birgus latro (Anomura: Coenobitidae). Mem.
Queensland Mus. 31, 286.
Morris, S, Taylor,
H.H. & Greenaway, P. (1991) Adaptations to a terrestrial
existence by the robber crab, Birgus latro L. VII.
The branchial chamber and its role in urine reprocessing.
J. Exp Biol. 161,315-331
Taylor, H.H.
& Taylor, E.W. (1992) Gills and lungs: the exchange
of gases and ions. Chapter 7 in: A.G. Humes and F.W. Harrison
(eds.) Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates. volume 10. Decapod
Crustacea Wiley-Liss: New York, pp203-293.
Taylor, H.H.,
P. Greenaway, and S. Morris (1993) Adaptations to a terrestrial
existence by the Robber Crab Birgus latro L. VIII.
Osmotic and ionic regulation on freshwater and saline drinking
regimens. J. Exp. Biol. 179:93-113.
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