Fifty years following a major revision by Haig (1956) and after numerous additions and
changes of status, the porcelain crab fauna of the western Atlantic numbers 48 valid species …

Marine crustaceans constitute one of the best studied groups in the Cuban waters. However,
the level of systematic knowledge about them differs among the ecoregions of the platform …

The decapod crustaceans inhabiting dead portions of the fire-coral Millepora alcicornis
Linnaeus, 1758 and coral rubble were surveyed in six reef areas on the coast of the state of …

The evolution of marine neotropical shallow water species is expected to have been greatly
affected by physical events related to the emergence of the Central American Isthmus. The …

A collection of porcellanid crabs from Guadeloupe Island, Caribbean Sea Lesser Antilles, is
reported. The specimens were obtained during the KARUBENTHOS Expedition (V. 2012), a …

Only two species of crustaceans have been reported so far for the Archipelago Los Frailes:
Mithrax verrucosus and Speloeophorus pontifer. To contribute to the knowledge of …

Porcellanids are, after brachyuran crabs, the most successful decapod group to achieve a
crab‑like body form through carcinisation. Unlike brachyurans, porcellanids retained the …

This study aimed to describe the species composition and abundance of the porcellanid
crabs inhabiting the consolidated sublittoral off an island on the southeastern coast of Brazil …

A formação de estruturas rígidas por organismos marinhos sésseis desempenha um papel
fundamental na ecologia e evolução dessas espécies. As bioconstruções recifais …

A família Porcellanidae Haworth tem ampla ocorrência em regiões tropicais e é
subtropicais, e é composta, principalmente, por espécies litorâneas. Ocupam uma …