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The Box Crab Calappa hepatica as a Nuclear Species for the Opportunistic Foraging Behaviour of the Flowery Flounder, Bothus mancus, in the Indo-Pacific [PDF]

open access: yesDiversity
Some predatory fishes may exhibit opportunistic feeding behaviour by exploiting potential prey that is distracted, displaced, or exposed by the activities of a third party that acts as a ‘nuclear’ species. Other fishes mostly perform the role of ‘nuclear’
Federico Betti, Bert W. Hoeksema
doaj   +2 more sources

Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 3, Page 942-981, June 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Acoustic and substrate‐borne vibrations are among the most widely used signalling modalities in animals. Arthropods display a staggering diversity of vibroacoustic organs generating acoustic sound and/or substrate‐borne vibrations, and are fundamental to our broader understanding of the evolution of animal signalling.
Leonidas‐Romanos Davranoglou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

White spot syndrome virus host range and impact on transmission

open access: yesReviews in Aquaculture, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 1843-1860, September 2022., 2022
Abstract White spot syndrome virus (WSSV), the etiological agent of white spot disease (WSD), is a significant pathogen affecting shrimp farming industry worldwide. White spot syndrome virus is a generalist virus mainly infecting decapod crustaceans. The aims of this review were to: (1) Re‐evaluate and update the status of reported WSSV host and vector
Desrina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primer registro de la familia Calappidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) para el Neógeno de Haití. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
El estudio de la Colección Paleontológica del Museo de Historia Natural de Cuba permitió identificar restos de crustáceos que resultan la primera cita para el Neógeno de Haití de la familia Calappidae y del genero Calappa.
Varela, Carlos
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Revision of the Calappidae [PDF]

open access: yesAustralian Museum Memoir, 1984
The brachyuran CaJappidae sensu Balss (1957) is composed of three subfamilies, Calappinae, Matutinae and Orithyinae. However, an examination of the history of the comprehension of these three groups shows that they have been interpreted in various ways. From critical re-examination of Balss's diagnosis and from reconsideration of all available data, it
openaire   +1 more source

Novi nalaz vrste Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1995 (Brachyura, Calappidae) u središnjem Sredozemlju [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Two specimens of the uncommon calappid crab Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1995 are reported from the central Mediterranean. One juvenile individual was caught in a trawl net at about 105 m depth on a detritus bottom, and one adult male was caught in a ...
Massi, Daniela   +3 more
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Restauración y actualización taxonómica de la colección de crustáceos (Arthropoda: Crustacea) de Juan C. Gundlach

open access: yesNovitates Caribaea, 2011
Se presentan los resultados obtenidos al restaurar y actualizar la taxonomía de la colección de crustáceos cubanos realizada en el siglo XIX por el naturalista alemán, radicado en Cuba, Juan C. Gundlach.
Manuel Ortiz, Marco A. Olcha
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBiotemas, 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive cycle of Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Calappidae) in Ubatuba, SP, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Biologia, 2000
This study aimed to analyze the reproductive cycle of the crab Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785). The crabs were collected in Ubatuba, SP (23°26'S and 45°02'W) monthly from the July, 1992 to June, 1993. Samplings were performed with an "otter trawl". In the laboratory the crabs were numbered, sexed and measured for their maximum carapace width.
REIGADA, A. L. D.   +1 more
openaire   +5 more sources

A preliminary review of the fossil species of Ranina Lamarck, 1801 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Raninidae), with systematic remarks

open access: yesNatural History Sciences, 2017
The systematics of the fossil representatives of Ranina Lamark, 1810, has been discussed by several authors in the last century, showing some problematics above all due to the lack of a close diagnosis of the type species (R.
Giovanni Pasini, Alessandro Garassino
doaj   +1 more source

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