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HARVESTMEN AS COMMENSALS OF CRAB SPIDERS

open access: yesJournal of Arachnology, 2001
Abstract Harvestmen Phalangium opilio regularly feed upon the carcasses of bees and moths discarded by crab spiders Misumena vatia Clerck 1757 hunting on flowers. I report one observation of a harvestman unsuccessfully attempting to secure a bee still being fed on by a crab spider.
openaire   +3 more sources

A new species of spider of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 (Araneae, Sparassidae) from the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
We describe a new species of giant crab spider of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 collected in Lowland Evergreen rainforests at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Amazonian Ecuador.
Pedro Peñaherrera‐R.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sociability Under Anthropogenic Change: From Individual Behaviour to Population‐Level Consequences

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.
Our review synthesises empirical and theoretical research on how anthropogenic environmental change reshapes animal social behaviour from individuals to populations. We use sociability as an individual‐level lens, distinguishing context‐dependent expression from repeatable interindividual differences and linking both to social relationships, network ...
Paulina Kowalczyk, Barbara Pietrzak
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of Taxonomic Bias in Ecology and Evolution: Insights From Ethologists and Behavioural Ecologists

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.
Taxonomic bias, the uneven research attention across organisms, limits generality in ecology and evolution, yet its causes remain unclear. Using a survey of 868 researchers, we show that rational, contextual and emotional factors jointly shape which organisms scientists choose to study.
Pietro Pollo, Michael M. Kasumovic
wiley   +1 more source

Adventure Aquarium - Japanese Spider Crab Exhibit

open access: yes, 2009
The Japanese spider crab is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. It has the largest leg span of any arthropod. It is the subject of fishery and is considered a delicacy.Original file name 3755141683_3fe9dd2c2f_o (1 ...
Beards, Daniel E.
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Soil Moisture and Prey Life Cycles Promote Seasonal Dietary Shift in a Grassland‐Breeding Migratory Shorebird

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.
In this study, we utilized DNA metabarcoding of 207 fecal samples to describe the diet of flock‐foraging godwits in southwest Friesland, the Netherlands, during pre‐nesting (March) and post‐nesting (May–June) periods. To assess whether dietary changes were resource or selectivity based, we simultaneously quantified soil macrofauna biomass and measured ...
Renée Veenstra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large spider crab

open access: yes, 2014
large spider crab drawing, MBL Woods ...
Child, Julia S.
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Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis, a new false spider crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from the Yaeyama Group, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

open access: yes, 2005
Naruse, Tohru, Shokita, Shigemitsu, Kawahara, Takeshi (2005): Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis, a new false spider crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from the Yaeyama Group, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Kawahara, Takeshi   +2 more
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Feeding habits of the spider crab Libinia spinosa H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Ubatuba bay, São Paulo, Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2008
The main goal of this study was the identification of the items of the diet of the L. spinosa, based on the stomach contents analysis. The crabs were obtained from Ubatuba region north-eastern shore of São Paulo State.
Samara de Paiva Barros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cost of Self‐Sufficiency: Could New Zealand be Self‐Sufficient in Food Consumption?

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 56, Issue 5, October 2026.
Ensuring that New Zealand can sustainably meet its future food needs requires an understanding of the interaction between domestic demand trends, trade and the capacity of national production systems. Although New Zealand is a major exporter of dairy, meat, fruit and other primary products, rising food insecurity, changing dietary preferences and ...
R. W. McDowell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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