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Individual recognition of hermit crabs

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K15188
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Yasuda Chiaki  北海道大学, 水産科学研究院, 助教 (80771451)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords個体識別 / 認知能力 / 無脊椎動物 / ヤドカリ / 記憶の継続と忘却 / 記憶の破棄 / 情報更新 / 行動学 / 生態学 / 認知科学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I aimed to overcome the delusion that advanced cognitive abilities can only occur in vertebrates with advanced brain nervous systems, and used the brainless hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii as a model organism to examine the cognitive abilities of invertebrates. During male-male contests for a female, inferior smaller males of this species show individual recognition to identify larger males that have once defeated them and avoid a second fight at least one hour. However, the smaller males actively fight again if the same opponent has lost his major cheliped, a weapon trait. This suggests that males of this species are capable of discarding previously constructed individual recognition and updating the information quickly.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の成果は、一般に「能無し」と考えられてきた「脳なし」の生物たちが、実は「能無し」ではないことを端的に示す1例となる。本質的なコミュニケーション能力である個体識別は、ヒトや霊長類・鳥類はもちろんのこと、既に節足動物を中心とした無脊椎動物においても実証されつつあり、彼らが「能無し」でないことが徐々に明らかになってきた。本研究ではさらに「識別の破棄・情報更新」という要素を加えることで、彼らの能力が従来の想定以上であることを強く示唆している。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2017

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Does prior residency interact with loss? A study of male?male contests in the hermit crab Pagurus minutus2020

    • Author(s)
      Yasuda Chiaki I.、Kaida Takehiro、Koga Tsunenori
    • Journal Title

      Ethology

      Volume: in press Issue: 6 Pages: 660-667

    • DOI

      10.1111/eth.13018

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Is the seasonal change of sexual differences in shell use by the hermit crab Pagurus minutus considered to be driven by growth or reproduction?2019

    • Author(s)
      Yasuda Chiaki I.、Takiya Yuki、Otoda Masaya、Nakano Reiko、Koga Tsunenori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

      Volume: 99 Issue: 4 Pages: 901-910

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0025315418000905

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 己を知り、相手を知る:ヤドカリの評価と個体識別2021

    • Author(s)
      石原千晶
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会 北海道支部 第 65 回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 誰もが知らない甲殻類:実は賢いかもしれないヤドカリ2021

    • Author(s)
      石原千晶
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会 第 68 回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「認知進化生態学」のススメ 動物の複雑な社会を維持する知性の源流を探る2020

    • Author(s)
      安房田智司・幸田正典・佐藤成祥・石原千晶
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会 第 36 回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] テナガホンヤドカリのオス間闘争:以前負けた相手がケガをして現れたときの対応2017

    • Author(s)
      石原千晶・寒竹悠子・和田哲
    • Organizer
      2017年日本プランクトン学会・日本ベントス学会合同大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ハサミ再考~1つの形質、多彩な視点~2017

    • Author(s)
      石原千晶
    • Organizer
      2017年日本プランクトン学会・日本ベントス学会合同大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ユビナガホンヤドカリ Pagurus minutus の貝殻利用:性差の季節変化を決めるのは?2017

    • Author(s)
      石原千晶・滝谷勇揮・乙田雅矢・中野玲子・古賀庸憲
    • Organizer
      第55回 日本甲殻類学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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