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Comparative analyses of olfactory systems in terrestrial crabs (Brachyura): evidence for aerial olfaction?

open access: yesPeerJ, 2015
Adaptations to a terrestrial lifestyle occurred convergently multiple times during the evolution of the arthropods. This holds also true for the “true crabs” (Brachyura), a taxon that includes several lineages that invaded land independently.
J. Krieger   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Checklist of the freshwater decapod crustaceans from the Orontes River [PDF]

open access: yesArthropods, 2012
The present paper provided an annoted list of decapod crustacean fauna of Orontes River, mainly based on previous study works. It included 6 species (3 Natantia, 3 Brachyura) belonging 3 families.
Tahir Ozcan, Gulnaz Ozcan, Halil Erdogan
doaj  

Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India

open access: yesBiotemas, 2017
This study reports further occurrence of the crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India. The crabs were obtained from a depth of 40-60 m in the trawl by-catch. The morphological features,
K Silambarasan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Majoid crabs community (Crustacea: Decapoda) from infralittoral rocky/sandy bottom of Anchieta Island, Ubatuba

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2004
The aim of the present study was to characterize the composition of Majoidea crabs inhabiting the infralittoral rocky/sandy bottom of Anchieta Island (Ubatuba), from north coast of São Paulo State.
Fernando L. Mantelatto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographic distribution of the short-tailed river stingray (Potamotrygon brachyura): Assessing habitat loss and fishing as threats to the world's largest obligate freshwater elasmobranch

open access: yes, 2016
Freshwater elasmobranchs are threatened but little is known about them. Potamotrygon brachyura is the world’s largest obligate freshwater elasmobranch. This makes it popular among fishermen and suggests a susceptibility to anthropogenic threats.
L. Lucifora   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Shallow-water anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from southern Bahia, Brazi l Cangrejos anomuros y braquiuros (Crustacea: Decapoda) de aguas someras del sur de Bahia, Brasil

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2010
The objective of this study was to determine the taxonomic composition and ecological aspects of decapods crustacean species belonging to the infraorders Anomura and Brachyura in shallow marine and estuarine waters from southern Bahia, a coastline about ...
Alexandre O Almeida   +3 more
doaj  

Contribution to the feeding ecology of the banded puffer fish Colomesus psittacus (Tetraodontidae) in north Brazilian mangrove creeks

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology
Stomach contents were examined from 102 banded puffer, Colomesus psittacus (Tetraodontidae), caught from intertidal mangrove creeks at diurnal neap tides between June and September, 1997 (early dry season) near Bragança (north Brazil).
U. Krumme   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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