Characterization of the occupied shells by the hermit crabClibanarius vittatus (Decapoda, Diogenidae) at Baixio Mirim tideflat,

A characterization of the occupied shells by the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus was carried out. Hermit crabs were collected in the intertidal zone, during the low spring tide monthly from April 2005 to March 2006. They were sexed and their cephalothoracic shield length (CL) was measured. Shells were identified, dried, weighed and the apertur