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Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Trees Reconstruction of Blue Swimming Crabs (Decapoda: Portunidae) from Pangpang Bay, Banyuwangi

open access: yesIlmu Kelautan, 2022
Crabs are a group of Decapoda (Portunidae) that act as keystone species from Pangpang Bay as the marine benthic organism. Besides having an ecological function, crab also provides essential components for human health.
Sapto Andriyono   +4 more
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure Analysis of Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Yangtze and Liaohe Rivers

open access: yesFishes, 2023
Recently, the economic traits of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) varieties have had a negative tendency. Meanwhile, the status of wild germplasm resources of E.
Lin Zhou   +5 more
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Agonistic Behaviour and Sound Production during Male–Male Varunid Crabs (Cyrtograpsus angulatus, Dana 1851) Encounters

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Crustacean sounds are the main contributor to shallow water soundscape biophonic components. Here, we investigate the sound production of Cyrtograpsus angulatus, one of the most important intertidal decapods of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Underwater
Maria Ceraulo   +7 more
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Flies' lives on a crab [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2007
SummaryAlthough the ∼3000 species belonging to the Drosophilidae family are customarily referred to as fruit flies — as for example the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster — many have essentially little to do with fruit. Most drosophilids feed on microbes, and can hence be found on a wide variety of substrates, of which some are quite peculiar. Arguably
Stensmyr, M., Hansson, B.
openaire   +3 more sources

The Effect of Glyphosate on the Reproduction of Estuarine Crabs: Neohelice granulata as a Study Model

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
This review summarizes the bulk of evidence about the effect of glyphosate, both technical and formulated, on the ovarian maturation of Neohelice granulata female crabs, as well as the effects of glyphosate on sperm production in males of the same ...
Enrique M. Rodríguez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity of Seagrass-Associated Decapod Crustaceans in a Tropical Reef Lagoon Prior to Large Environmental Changes: A Baseline Study

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
The community composition of decapods associated with subtidal tropical seagrass meadows was analyzed in a pristine reef lagoon on the Mexican Caribbean coast in the summer of 1995 and winter of 1998.
Patricia Briones-Fourzán   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stock Status of Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758) in Tiworo Strait Waters, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

open access: yesIlmu Kelautan, 2020
The blue swimming crab (BSC) fishery in Tiworo Strait has been heavily exploited since two decades ago when its worldwide demand and price was very high. Study on population aspects of this organism in this waters is limited. The aim of present study was
Yustika Permatahati Intan Permatahati   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population biology of the fiddler crab Uca maracoani (Crustacea, Ocypodidae) inhabiting an impacted mangrove area on the southern coast of São Paulo state, Brazil

open access: yesNauplius, 2021
Fiddler crabs are important components of intertidal benthic macrofauna in estuarine habitats. However, these invertebrates often inhabit areas under anthropogenic-driven changes. In this study, we evaluated the habitat quality and the population biology
Glauco B. O. Machado   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new species of Melita from Japan (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2018
A new brackish-water species of melitid amphipod, Melita choshigawaensis, from the Choshigawa River, Mie Prefecture, Japan, is named and described. Melita choshigawaensis sp. n. is distinguished from the most similar M. shimizui (Uéno, 1940) by having an
Ko Tomikawa   +3 more
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Why Mesolithic Populations Started Eating Crabs on the European Atlantic Façade Only Over the Past 15 Years?

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2022
Mesolithic populations from coastal areas are known as hunter-gatherer-fishers. This way of life is visible in the landscape owing to the presence of large accumulations of shells named shell middens. These anthropogenic refuse heaps are composed of high
Dupont Catherine, Gruet Yves
doaj   +1 more source

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