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Predicting diet in brachyuran crabs using external morphology [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Morphological traits have often been used to predict diet and trophic position of species across many animal groups. Variation in gut size of closely related animals is known to be a good predictor of dietary habits.
Katia Quezada-Villa +14 more
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An annotated checklist of marine brachyuran crabs of Gujarat waters, India [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2019 An annotated checklist of marine brachyuran crabs from Gujarat waters is prepared based on past and recent literature. In total, 152 species from 87 genera and 29 families of brachyuran crabs including four new records and two revisions are listed.
Imtiyaz Beleem +2 more
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Prey-predator relationship between wolf spider and brachyuran crabs [PDF]
TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity, 2013 Wolf spiders (Arachneae: Lycosidae) are one of the successful hunters which extend their range through various habitats such as wetlands, springs, and sandy coasts, though less information is available on their feeding and predatory behaviour. During the course of regular field visits for an ecological study of benthic fauna on the Mahi estuarine mouth
PJ Pandya, JN Trivedi, Vachhrajani Kd
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Mangrove Rehabilitation and Brachyuran Crab Biodiversity in Ranong, Thailand
DiversityMangroves rehabilitated after deforestation by commercial exploitation must be monitored to confirm that key ecosystem functions are being restored.
Elizabeth C. Ashton, Donald J. Macintosh
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Taxonomy and Ecology of Brachyuran Crabs in Sunderbans
Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 2017 Indian part of Sunderbans is a wide area spread between the rivers Matla in the west and Roymangal in the east. The Mangroves are unique intertidal ecosystem that supports the biodiversity in a wide band. The brachyuran crabs prefer mangroves to complete their biological cycle and along with the crabs, shrimps, prawns, lobsters are also found to be ...
A. Gokul
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Depik Jurnal, 2023 Crabs are a member of the mangrove ecosystem fauna and get their food source from litter. They turn the litter into detritus and maintain ecological balance.
Dwieke Putri Wulandari +2 more
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West African brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) [PDF]
Deep Sea Research Part B. Oceanographic Literature Review, 1981 The West African marine brachyuran crab fauna, comprising 218 named species in 120 genera and 26 familes, is surveyed. Sixteen new genera and 24 new species are recognized. Synonymies are updated for the tropical species, and all 300 + Eastern Atlantic species are listed.
Manning, R.B. (Raymond) +1 more
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Molecular barcoding of the Persian Gulf mangrove associated brachyuran crabs [PDF]
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2023 Brachyuran crabs constitute the dominant fauna in intertidal and supratidal coasts of mangrove forests. We sampled the most commonly occurring crab species from the biodiversity rich Persian Gulf mangrove forest.
Sana Sharifian +3 more
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Feeding habits of the cockfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus (Holocephali: Callorhinchidae) from off northern Argentina [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2020 The feeding habits of Callorhinchus callorynchus were investigated in coastal waters off northern Argentina. The effect of body size, seasons and regions was evaluated on female diet composition using a multiple-hypothesis modelling approach ...
Jorge M. Roman +3 more
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Mangroves are tropical and subtropical intertidal forests colonising sheltered coasts across the world. They host a unique faunal community, dominated by brachyuran crabs and gastropods.
Henrique Bravo +8 more
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