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Feeding habits of the cockfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus (Holocephali: Callorhinchidae) from off northern Argentina [PDF]
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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Molecular barcoding of the Persian Gulf mangrove associated brachyuran crabs [PDF]
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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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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Brachyuran Crabs Collected at Curaçao [PDF]
In 1920 a report ¹) on Dr. BOEKE’S collection of crabs and shrimps from Curaçao and other Dutch West Indian Islands was published. Dr. VAN DER HORST’S collection forms an important addition to the fauna of Curaçao, especially as to the Xanthids and Majids, or spider crabs.
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An annotated checklist of marine brachyuran crabs of Gujarat waters, India [PDF]
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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Mechanisms of bioinvasions by coastal crabs using integrative approaches – A conceptual review
Crustaceans are amongst the most reported invaders of coastal habitats, and predatory brachyuran crabs one of the most successful marine invasive groups.
Lénia D. Rato +2 more
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On Shell Closure and Beyond: Classification and Functional Interpretation of Chela Types in Paguroidea (Decapoda). [PDF]
MicroCT technology and 3D shape analysis were used to classify paguroid chelae into six distinct shape types: compact, sturdy, elongate, scutiform, discoid, and compact. Each type is linked to characteristic biological roles: paired semidiscoid chelae enable symmetrical shelter closure; scutiform and discoid chelae support one‐sided shelter closure ...
Ege YC, Foth C, Richter S.
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Six new records of decapod crustacean species (Anomura, Brachyura) from southern Brazil
Five anomuran and one brachyuran species collected from continental shelf and slope off southern Brazil have their geographic ranges considerably extended southward: Neolithodes agassizii (Smith), Paguristes spectabilis McLaughlin and Provenzano, Pagurus
Daniel Lima, Harry Boos, Marcos Tavares
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Global Distribution of Brachyuran Crabs in Mangroves
The present work has compiled a total of 389 brachyuran crab species belonging to 188 genera and 38 families to be present in mangrove forests across 122 countries/territories in 10 sub-regions of two global hemispheres viz., Indo-West Pacific (IWP) and Atlantic East Pacific (AEP).
Wah Wah Min, K. Kathiresan
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Yemen has a number of islands on the Red Sea, including Kamaran, Uqban, Hanish Archipelago Islands, Mayun (older name: Perim), and many islands at the Gulf of Aden, in the Indian Ocean, this also includes the Socotra Archipelago located 240 km from the ...
Abdullah N. Al-Hindi +4 more
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