| Title: | Fishing-V2: All About Angling |
| Notice: | Time to go fishin'! day egins |
| Moderator: | WAHOO::LEVESQUE |
| Created: | Fri Jul 19 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 548 |
| Total number of notes: | 9621 |
I Couldn't figure out where to put this so I created a new note. It
may belong in the rathole, so mr moderator please move it if you deem
necessary.
Yesterday, in one of my lobster traps was a strange looking shell
inhabited by a hermit crab. I get lots of hermit crabs in snail shells
but this onelooked like a small (2 1/2" long) conch. I have never seen
on this far north (Off salisbury beach in 40 ft water).
Has anyone else (divers/lobster men) ever seen anything like this?
My curiousity has got me going. Maybe this hermit crab just walked up
here from the cape with this old shell?
Gordon
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| 69.1 | Have seen them, but haven't paid attention | GEMVAX::JOHNHC | Mon Sep 30 1991 15:08 | 11 | |
Gordon---
Yes, I've seen a fair number of these "northern conchs" inhabited by
hermti crabs. I've never been curious enough about it to look up the
name of the creature whose home the hermit crab has appropriated,
though. I've always been more amazed at the size of the crab inhabiting
the shell than the shell itself. I see them around Cape Ann, by the
way.
I'll pay closer attention next time I see one.
John H-C
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| 69.2 | These may be what they were | GEMVAX::JOHNHC | Mon Sep 30 1991 19:28 | 20 | |
OK, dredging through my semi-photographic memory (usually accurate, but
occasionally subject to unconscious retouching) and then flipping the
pages of one of my guide books (The Audubon Field Guide to North
American Seashore Creatures, in this case), I come upon four
possible identities for the "northern conch":
Atlantic Dogwinkle (2 inches long)
or
Atlantic Oyster Drill (1.75 inches long)
or
Waved Whelk (4 inches long and 2 inches wide)
or
Stimpson's Whelk (4 inches long and 1.5 inches wide)
These last two seem like the more likely ones, found from the low-tide
line to 600 feet and 2800 feet, respectively, and occurring in the
range that has MA right about in the middle.
John H-C
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| 69.3 | thanks | PENUTS::GORDON | Tue Oct 01 1991 13:15 | 7 | |
Thanks for the response. I was just curious because I haven't seen
them before and have been doing this for 3 years now. I learn
something everytime I go out in the ocean.
Thanks again
Gordon
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