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Crustaceans in Phragmatopoma sp. (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) intertidal reefs, Pacific, Costa Rica
Introduction: Annelid polychaete worms of the family Sabellariidae build reefs by cementing together sand grains. These reefs increase local habitat heterogeneity and species diversity.
José A. Vargas +2 more
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A localized PCR inhibitor in a porcelain crab suggests a protective role [PDF]
A number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) inhibitors have been identified from biological and environmental samples. By and large, such substances are treated as random nuisances and contaminants with alternate functions; their inhibitory effects on ...
Mahmoud A. El-Maklizi +4 more
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Beds of the Atlantic pearl oyster (Pinctada imbricata) and the turkey wing (Arca zebra) of contrasting population densities were evaluated to determine the occurrence of associated decapod crustaceans.
Iván Hernández-Ávila +3 more
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Los cangrejos porcelánidos tienen una distribución tropical y subtropical. Son partede la fauna litoral y sublitoral, habitan sobre algas, entre corales, esponjas y una gran variedad de ambientesrocosos.
MC Hernández-Álvarez +1 more
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Se presenta la lista de los cangrejos porcelánidos de la costa de Santiago de Cuba, la clave taxonómica para su identificación y los apuntes sobre su distribución batimétrica. Se adicionan cuatro especies a la lista de porcelánidos de las costas cubanas
Yander Luis Diez García +1 more
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Cheliped dimorphism is common in decapod crustaceans, and many decapods have a pair of different-sized chelipeds, i.e., one side being larger (major) than the other (minor), a phenomenon known as heterochely.
Katsuyuki Hamasaki, Shigeki Dan
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Life strategies of cephalopod paralarvae in a coastal upwelling system (NW Iberian Peninsula): Insights from zooplankton community and spatio-temporal analyses [PDF]
18 páginas, 6 figuras, 6 tablasThe early life stages of cephalopods - octopods, squids, sepiolids and ommastrephids -, are uncommon in zooplankton samples and little is known about their life strategies.
Amor +63 more
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Defensive Behaviour in Intertidal Crabs
Mangrove swimming crab showing defensive behaviour by raising its chelae; ruler and grey card are also shown. ABSTRACT Despite a long roster of prey defences against predators now documented by biologists, any given species utilises only some of them, and we have few a priori predictions as to if, when or where they will be employed.
Manisha Koneru, Tim Caro
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The rare porcelain crab Novorostrum decorocrus Osawa, 1998 (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Indonesia
Novorostrum decorocrus Osawa, 1998, so far only known from its type locality, Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, is herein recorded from much farther south, Ambon Island, Indonesia. Males and females of N.
Luciane Augusto de Azevedo Ferreira +1 more
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Pisidia longimana ( ), a junior synonym of P. bluteli ( ) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) and a species distinct from P. longicornis ( ) [PDF]
Pisidia longimana (Risso, 1816) and P. bluteli (Risso, 1816), both described from Nice, France, have been considered each other’s synonyms or have been validated depending on successive taxonomic opinions.
Luciane Augusto de Azevedo Ferreira +1 more
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