More than 230,000 known species representing 31 metazoan phyla populate the world's
oceans. Perhaps another 1,000,000 or more species remain to be discovered. There is …

Brachyuran larval stages were in the 18th century initially described as new species.
Linnaeus (1767) described Cancer germanus, a megalopa from the Atlantic Ocean. Slabber …

Authentication of commercialized marine products has become a market priority.
Crustaceans are benthic marine resources highly exploited in Chile. Brachyuran crabs are …

Facetotecta, the taxon established for 'y-larvae', is the last major crustacean group for which
the adult stage remains unknown. With only 14 described nominal species, all in the genus …

DNA barcoding is a useful tool for the identification and potential discovery of new species.
In this study, DNA barcoding was employed by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome …

Megalopas of 15 brachyuran crab species collected in the open sea plankton, and unknown
until now, were identified using DNA barcodes (COI and 16S rRNA). Specimens belonging …

An unidentified final-stage scyllarine phyllosoma larva possessing a unique red-spotted
pattern of chromatophores was found in sublittoral waters off Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan …

DNA barcoding was used to identify crab larvae from the Marine Biological Reserve of
Arvoredo, encompassing a coastal archipelago off the SW Atlantic coast (27° S, 48° W) …

The phyllosoma larvae of the slipper lobster Eduarctus martensii were first time successfully
hatched in the laboratory and reared to Stage VI. It took 24 days for newly hatched larvae to …

The freshwater fauna (crustaceans, molluscs, fish) of many tropical islands in the C aribbean
and P acific share an amphidromous life‐cycle, meaning their larvae need to develop in …