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New records of portunid crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Sergipe, NE Brazil [PDF]
Four portunid crabs species, including an exotic one, are recorded for the first time from the state of Sergipe, NE Brazil. Although common along the Brazilian coast, the new records of the crabs Callinectes bocourti A.
Leonardo Rosa
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Population structure and reproductive season of the portunid crab Callinectes ornatus were studied in animals collected from the Ubatuba bays, São Paulo, Brazil (23° 20´ to 23º 35´ S and 44º 50´to 45º 14´ W).
M. L. Negreiros-Fransozo +2 more
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The highly rearranged mitochondrial genomes of the crabs Maja crispata and Maja squinado (Majidae) and gene order evolution in Brachyura [PDF]
We sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of the spider crabs Maja crispata and Maja squinado (Majidae, Brachyura). Both genomes contain the whole set of 37 genes characteristic of Bilaterian genomes, encoded on both \u3b1- and \u3b2-strands.
AD Miller +67 more
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Feeding spectra and activity of the freshwater crab Trichodactylus kensleyi (Decapoda: Brachyura: Trichodactylidae) at La Plata basin [PDF]
Background: In inland water systems, it is important to characterize the trophic links in order to identify the ‘trophic species’ and, from the studies of functional diversity, understand the dynamics of matter and energy in these environments.
A Ruttner-Kolisko +70 more
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Sinopse dos crustáceos decápodos brasileiros (Portunidae) [PDF]
This paper presents a contribution to the study of the Crustacea, Decapoda of Brazil, including identification keys and informations on species range. Data related to the species of family Portunidae are published.
Coelho, Petrônio Alves +1 more
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Larvae of Portunus acuminatus (Stimpson, 1871) from one female, collected by trawling at a depth of 12 m in the Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific Costa Rica, Central America (090°48.899’N, 084°40.498’W) were hatched in the laboratory.
Ronald Meyer +2 more
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The blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)) is an economically and ecologically important species in Vietnam, and a potential subject for aquaculture as well.
Binh Thuy Dang +4 more
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Decapod crustacean from the Qom Formation (Lower Miocene) of the Isfahan area, Central Iran [PDF]
The discovery of a new specimen of Portunus withersi (Glaessner 1933) from the Lower Miocene Qom Formation in the Vartun section, north of Isfahan (Central Iran), contributes to our knowledge of this portunid species, to which most fossil portunids found
Ali Bahrami +5 more
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Natural Diet and Feeding Habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda: Portunidae) [PDF]
Thalamita crenata is one of the most common swimming crabs of the mangrove creeks of the East African coast. In Mida Creek, Kenya, this species inhabits the extreme seaward fringe of the mangrove swamp and the intertidal platform in front of the mangal, sheltering in small pools during low tide. Gut content analysis reveals that T.
CANNICCI, STEFANO +3 more
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This research was conducted in the mangrove forest of Popongan beach at Baluran National Park, East Java. The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between mangrove density and Portunidae diversity in mangrove forest at Popongan beach ...
Yuni Kartika Dewi +2 more
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