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The largest ghost shrimps ever: evidence from the fossil record and implications for the maximum size estimate of callianassoid burrowing ghost shrimps [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica
Callianassoid burrowing ghost shrimps are mostly small animals, with a total length (from the tip of the rostrum to the end of the tailfan) typically not exceeding a few centimetres.
MATÚŠ HYŽNÝ   +2 more
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A new species of Ampelisca (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampeliscidae) from Santa Margarita Island, west of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021
A new species of the genus Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842 is described and illustrated in detail. The specimens were collected from soft bottom at 15 m depth in the northern coast of Santa Margarita Island, Mexico. Ampelisca capetilloi sp. nov. is characterized
Manuel Ortiz   +2 more
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First record of peregrine shrimp Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 (Crustacea, Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the Iraqi waters, North-West Arabian Gulf

open access: yesمجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2023
One male specimen of the species Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 was first recorded in November 2021 from the Iraqi territorial waters, Northwest of the Arabian Gulf.
Tariq H Y Al-Maliky   +2 more
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A new species of Leipsuropus Stebbing, 1899 (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from Japan [PDF]

open access: yesNauplius, 2023
A new podocerid amphipod, Leipsuropus seisuiae sp. nov., from 338-340 m depth in the Kumano Sea, Japan, Northwestern Pacific, is described. This is the deepest record of any Leipsuropus species. Leipsuropus seisuiae sp. nov.
Yu Matsumoto   +2 more
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Soil arthropods associated with sweetpotato crop (Ipomoea batata L.) in La Molina, Lima, Peru

open access: yesPeruvian Journal of Agronomy, 2020
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batata L.) is an economically important crop grown in Peru. The present study aimed to determine the soil arthropods associated with sweetpotato and its relative abundance in sweetpotato production fields in La Molina, Lima, Peru ...
C. Livia-Tacza, G. Sánchez
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Evidence of mysid swarm behaviour (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Hakel, Lebanon

open access: yesNatural History Sciences, 2023
A mass mortality assemblage of mysid crustaceans is herein reported from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) sublithographic limestone of Hakel (Lebanon).
Giovanni Pasini, Alessandro Garassino
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Acoustic monitoring of swimming motions in the slipper lobster Scyllarides acquinoctialis (Lund, 1793) [PDF]

open access: yesArthropods, 2020
Members of the Malacostraca employ an escape swimming mode called a tail-flip. In this maneuver the uropods and telson are rapidly brought forward until they contact the ventral surface of the abdomen.
John A. Fornshell
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Biodiversity and new records of benthic amphipods (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda) from coral reef protected natural areas in the Mexican Caribbean Sea

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2023
The Mexican Caribbean Sea is the longest section of the Mesoamerican Caribbean Sea, with 16 protected marine areas. During 2015 and 2016, 2 sampling campaigns in the Puerto Morelos Coral Reef National Park and the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana ...
Ignacio Winfield   +2 more
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A new species of Deutella (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021
A new species of the genus Deutella Mayer, 1890 is described and illustrated, and a key to identify the Deutella species from the Gulf of Mexico is given.
Ignacio Winfield Aguilar   +1 more
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Comparative genomic analysis of innate immunity reveals novel and conserved components in crustacean food crop species

open access: yesBMC Genomics, 2017
Background Growing global demands for crustacean food crop species have driven large investments in aquaculture research worldwide. However, large-scale production is susceptible to pathogen-mediated destruction particularly in developing economies. Thus,
Alvina G. Lai, A. Aziz Aboobaker
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