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Egg production in Eurypodius latreillei Guérin, 1828 (Decapoda: Majidae) in the Strait of Magellan, southern Chile

open access: yesScientia Marina, 1999
Egg production and reproductive investment were studied in the spider crab Eurypodius latreillii from the Straits of Magellan, southern Chile. A total of 66 ovigerous females were analyzed, ranging in size from 29.0 to 62.9 mm carapace length.
N. Navarrete   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Iberian Peninsula (SW Europe)

open access: yes, 2015
Almost 50 years have passed since a group of reputed carcinologists (viz. Lipke B. Holthuis, Isabella Gordon and Jacques Forest) finished the posthumous work of Ricardo Zariquiey Alvarez (1968) on decapod crustaceans of the Iberian Peninsula. No lists of
E. Marco-Herrero   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A 150-million-year-old crab larva and its implications for the early rise of brachyuran crabs

open access: yesNature Communications, 2015
True crabs (Brachyura) are the most successful group of decapod crustaceans. This success is most likely coupled to their life history, including two specialised larval forms, zoea and megalopa.
J. Haug, Joel W. Martin, C. Haug
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Grooming behaviors and fouling of the spider crab Libinia dubia (Decapoda: Epialtidae)

open access: yesNauplius
Body fouling has been reduced by grooming behaviors. In decapods, grooming has been focused on gills, sensory structures, and jointed appendages. In this study, grooming behaviors of the spider crab, Libinia dubia H.
Jen L. Wortham, Jace Jedlicka
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal occurrence and distribition of brachyuran crabs caught along the Suez Canal, Egypt.

open access: yes, 2015
The present study aimed to document the brachyuran crab fauna caught by fishing nets operating in the Suez Canal and study their occurrence and seasonal distribution along the canal during the period from April 2011 to March 2012. Five sampling locations
M. Osman   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Brachyuran Crabs of Boundary Bay, British Columbia

open access: yesThe Canadian field-naturalist, 1943
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

Spatial distribution and population structure of fiddler crabs in an Indian Sundarban mangrove

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2015
Brachyuran crabs constitute the most abundant faunal component of mangrove ecosystems and support a wide range of ecosystem services. In the present study, seasonal variation of population density and biomass along with demographic categories and sex ...
Shilpa Sen, Sumit Homechaudhuri
doaj   +1 more source

Global distribution and biodiversity of brachyuran crabs in the Persian Gulf

open access: yes
Abstract The tropical Indo-West Pacific (IWP) is one of the species-rich and high endemicity hotspots around the East Indies Triangle. However, recent research demonstrates that peripheral regions may act as evolutionary incubators, sharing unique genetic lineages with other regions of the IWP.
Nima Hashemian   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Expansion of southern distributional range of Ucides occidentalis (Decapoda: Ucididae) and Cardisoma crassum (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Biología, 2017
Is recorded the species of crabs brachyuran Ucides occidentalis (mangrove crab) and Cardisoma crassum (Blue crab or without mouth) in the mangroves of San Pedro (Piura), expanding its geographical distribution south of Tumbes, which was the known limit ...
Solange Alemán, Elmer Ordinola
doaj   +1 more source

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