Almost all pea crab species in the subfamily Pinnotherinae (Decapoda: Brachyura:
Pinnotheridae) are considered obligatory endo-or ectosymbionts, living in a mutualistic or …

Portunoidea is a diverse lineage of ecologically and economically important marine crabs
comprising 8 families and 14 subfamilies. Closely related portunid subfamilies Caphyrinae …

Crustaceans are known for their unrivalled diversity of sexual systems, as well as peculiar
mating associations to achieve maximum mating success and fertilization accomplishment …

This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most
people as a nutritious and tasty food item. Shrimps are amazingly diverse in size, shape …

Close heterospecific associations are ubiquitous in most if not all biotic communities. These
associations vary widely in character, and can include a wide range of morphological …

A previous study predicted the evolution of monogamy in symbiotic crustaceans inhabiting
scarce, relatively small hosts in tropical environments where predation risk away from hosts …

Shrimps from the genus Lysmata are known because of their wide diversity of lifestyles,
mating systems, symbiotic partnerships, and conspicuous coloration. They can occur in …

Abstract Theory predicts marked sexual dimorphism in terms of body size and body
structures used as weapons (eg chelipeds) in gonochoric species with intense male sexual …

ABSTRACT A new invasive snapping shrimp from the Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
species complex has become one of the most frequently observed crustaceans in certain …

Reflecting the wide variety of ideas and hypotheses concerning decapod phylogeny, the
world's leading decapodologists assemble their knowledge in this volume for the sole …