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Intraspecific Variation in Reproductive Aspects of Female Soldier Crabs, Mictyris guinotae, Between the River Mouth and Upper Reach Habitats

Marine Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The soldier crab, Mictyris guinotae, is a dominant intertidal crustacean associated with sand flats in the vicinity of the Urauchi River estuary on Iriomote Island, Japan. We compared various aspects of its reproductive biology at two sites (the river mouth and upper reach) on exposed bare sand flats 300 m and 3000 m upstream from the mouth ...
Masaki Jinno, Wataru Doi, Akira Mizutani, Hiroyoshi Kohno   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Sesarmops sinensis reveals gene rearrangements and phylogenetic relationships in Brachyura

PLoS ONE, 2017
Mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) is very important to understand molecular evolution and phylogenetics. Herein, in this study, the complete mitogenome of Sesarmops sinensis was reported.
B. Tang, Zhao‐Zhe Xin, Yu Liu, Daizhen Zhang, Zhengfei Wang, Huabin Zhang, X. Chai, Chun-lin Zhou, Qiuning Liu   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Overlooked Threat of Global Warming on Elasmobranch Fertility

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 41-55, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate change is increasingly recognised as a critical threat to global biodiversity, yet its impacts on reproductive processes remain poorly understood in many marine taxa. Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) represent a particularly vulnerable group due to their peculiar life histories, low fecundity, and diverse reproductive modes.
Noémie Coulon, Eric Feunteun, Alexandre Carpentier, Anne Lizé   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal effects of farmer‐managed livestock grazing exclusions on bird communities in Burkina Faso

Ecological Applications, Volume 35, Issue 8, December 2025.
Abstract Anthropogenic activities such as livestock grazing and deforestation are primary causes of land degradation in drylands such as the Sahel Zone of Africa, threatening the livelihoods of rural communities and biodiversity. To restore degraded habitats, measures such as farmer‐managed livestock grazing exclusion, where the native vegetation is ...
Ian Quintas, Gabriel Marcacci, Ambroise N. Zongo, Pius Korner, Alexandra Kuttnig, Reto Spaar, Bakary Diakité, Franziska Kaguembèga‐Müller, Alain Jacot   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic patterns and the adaptive evolution of osmoregulation in fiddler crabs (Brachyura, Uca)

PLoS ONE, 2017
Salinity is the primary driver of osmoregulatory evolution in decapods, and may have influenced their diversification into different osmotic niches. In semi-terrestrial crabs, hyper-osmoregulatory ability favors sojourns into burrows and dilute media ...
S. Faria, D. Provete, C. Thurman, J. McNamara   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Twenty‐Two Years of Shrub Encroachment and Its Effects on Bird Communities in an African Savanna

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
Global open terrestrial ecosystems continue to be impacted by shrub encroachment. We found that an increase in shrub cover reduced bird species occupancy and altered community assemblage in an African savanna. Land managers can minimize biodiversity impacts by controlling shrub density within conservation areas.
Muzi D. Sibiya, Wisdom M. Dlamini, Robert A. McCleery, Clelia Sirami, Ara Monadjem, Robert J. Fletcher Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inventário dos Brachyura de substratos consolidados naturais do mesolitoral da Praia do Coqueiro, Luís Correia - Piauí

Biotemas, 2010
A composição dos Brachyura ao longo de substratos consolidados naturais na Praia do Coqueiro no litoral de Luís Correia (Piauí) é apresentada. Neste estudo foram registradas 20 espécies de Brachyura, das quais oito nunca haviam sido registradas para o ...
Tarcísio Barbosa Lima Júnior, José Roberto de Souza de Almeida Leite, Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt de Melo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new ‘Southern Giant Crab’ from a miocene continental slope palaeoenvironment at Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 628-639, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Large‐sized extinct crab specimens recovered from Waitoetoe beach, North Island, New Zealand form the basis for a new species of ‘Southern Giant Crab’, Pseudocarcinus karlraubenheimeri n. sp. The specimens originate from the upper Miocene Urenui Formation (approximately 8.8 myr) of the Taranaki Basin, in which a series of volcanoes of the ...
Barry W. M. van Bakel, Àlex Ossó
wiley   +1 more source

Decapod Biodiversity Hotspots and Environmental Drivers: A Macroecological Approach About Bycatch Species in Brazil

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim To investigate the spatial patterns of species richness (SR), phylogenetic diversity (PD) and phylogenetic endemism (PE) in bycatch decapod crustaceans along the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone and to assess the influence of environmental variables and trawling effort on these diversity indices. Location Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Jeniffer N. Teles, Fernando L. Mantelatto   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura

, 2017
Our knowledge of fossil crustaceans from the tropics has increased considerably during recent decades, thanks to novel findings and the re-examination of museum specimens.
J. Luque, C. Schweitzer, W. Santana, R. Portell, F. Vega, A. Klompmaker   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source