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Spider crabs of the Samadinia pulchra complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Epialtidae)
Records of the Australian Museum, 2023 The spiny spider crab, Samadinia pulchra (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) (type locality: Bohol Sea, Philippines) has long been considered to be widespread in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, with Anamathia livermorii Wood-Mason ...
Shane T. Ahyong +2 more
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Nauplius, 2020 Seaweed aggregates form secondary substrates on rocky shores, providing habitats for phytal organisms such as the spider crab Epialtus brasiliensis Dana, 1852. This species is one of the most abundant macroinvertebrate component from seaweed communities.
Priscila Granado +2 more
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Scientia Marina, 2003 A series of life-history traits in the spider crab Maja crispata were studied on the island of Ischia (Italy) during four sampling periods in 1982: sex ratio, relative growth, sexual maturity, reproductive season, number of eggs per female, copulation ...
Carlos A. Carmona-Suárez
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Anti-inflammatory activities of arthropod peptides: a systematic review
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021 Peptides obtained from different animal species have gained importance recently due to research that aims to develop biopharmaceuticals with therapeutic potential.
Ariane Teixeira dos Santos +2 more
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Heartbeat sensors under pressure: a new method for assessing hyperbaric physiology [PDF]
, 2009 Non-invasive heartbeat sensors to measure the cardiac activity of crustaceans have been adapted for use under hyperbaric conditions. Able to record data continuously over long timescales, these sensors can collect high-resolution data on the ...
Thatje, S. +5 more
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BMC Zoology, 2022 Background The decapods are a major group of crustaceans that includes shrimps, prawns, crayfishes, lobsters, and crabs. Several studies focused on the study of the digestive system of the decapods, constituted by the oesophagus, stomach, midgut tract ...
Diego Castejón +5 more
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The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution
BMC Biology, 2017 Background The duplication of genes can occur through various mechanisms and is thought to make a major contribution to the evolutionary diversification of organisms. There is increasing evidence for a large-scale duplication of genes in some chelicerate
Evelyn E. Schwager +54 more
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Growth and longevity of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Majoidea, Epialtidae)
Nauplius, 2020 We estimated the growth parameters of the spider crab, Libinia ferreirae (age, asymptotic size and growth rate) using the von Bertalanffy growth equation model.
Geslaine Rafaela Lemos Gonçalves +5 more
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, 2006 Previous research has identified extensive inter-population variability in the morphology of the shore crab (Carcinus maenas L.). To determine the source of this variation (genetic or environmental), morphological and genetic data were analysed from ...
Todd, PA +7 more
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