Ecdysis, the process of moulting an exoskeleton, is one of the key characters uniting
arthropods, nematodes and a number of smaller phyla into Ecdysozoa. The arthropod fossil …

A phylogenetic analysis was conducted including representatives from all recognized extant
and extinct families of the Xanthoidea sensu lato, resulting in one new family …

Our knowledge of fossil crustaceans from the tropics has increased considerably during
recent decades, thanks to novel findings and the re-examination of museum specimens …

A large collection of fossil decapod crustaceans from Cretaceous and Eocene rocks of
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, has yielded a remarkably diverse fauna. The …

Diagnoses based upon preservable carapace features are provided for the brachyuran
families Carpiliidae, Palaeoxanthopsidae new family, Pseudoziidae, and Zanthopsidae …

The relationship between predator and prey is a persistent theme in marine paleontology.
Herein we focus on the decapod Crustacea, the shrimps, lobsters, and crabs, and their role …

A new collection of fossil decapod crustaceans from the Cretaceous Rosario Formation, the
Eocene Tepetate Formation and the Oligocene El Cien Formation, Baja California Sur …

The thoracic sternum of the primitive crabs (Podotremata Guinot, 1977) is strongly modified
in females at the level of the sutures 7/8, separating the last two sternites, which corresponds …

Finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and the 2023 PEN/EO Wilson
Literary Science Writing Award Winner of the Acoustical Society of America's 2023 Science …

Decapod crustacean specimens from the middle Eocene San Juan Formation in central
Chiapas represent the first record of Eocene decapods in southern México. New taxa …