Marine provinces, founded on contrasting floras or faunas, have been recognized for more
than 150 years but were not consistently defined by endemism until 1974. At that time …

This checklist is the fourth contribution resulting from a long-term multidisciplinary project
which combined morphological analyses and molecular techniques (mitochondrial DNA …

The present study is the first major assessment of the marine decapod fauna of Ceará,
northeastern Brazil, since contributions of J. Fausto-Filho in the 1960s–1970s. A fully …

Marine biological invasions have been regarded as one of the major causes of native
biodiversity loss, with shipping and aquaculture being the leading contributors for the …

We redescribe a species of fiddler crab, Minuca panema (Coelho, 1972), from the Atlantic
coast of South America. It is closely related to M. mordax (Smith, 1870), and until now, the …

This bibliographic review includes all brachyuran species listed for the Brazilian Amazon
Coastal Zone (covering the occurrence of species in the states of Amapá, Pará, and …

Abstract The family Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871, traditionally included in the Goneplacidae
MacLeay, 1838, is revised based on the examination of the type material of many of its …

Decapod crustaceans include many species of socioeconomic importance and are key
components of pelagic ecosystems, both as adults and as larval forms. Knowledge on …

Decapods play a crucial role within the reef ecosystem and the development of scuba diving
as a survey tool has allowed researchers the opportunity to study the decapod–reef …

Biodiversity can be useful as an ecosystem indicator for conservation and monitoring,
through continuous assessment of its main properties including stability, primary …