So exciting to see this work from @mad-abbott.bsky.social! Not captured in this publication are the countless midnight low tides and gruelling Vancouver weather that they endured to sample 4,221 hermit crabs 🦀 Well done!
Miranda Andersen
Parasitic barnacles that turn hermit crabs into near-zombies? New UBC/Hakai research that surveyed 4,200 crabs at 65 sites shows these parasites are widespread across B.C., vulnerable to heat waves, and may be multiple cryptic species.
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