That coral reefs are in decline worldwide, particularly in the Caribbean, will come as no
surprise. This decades-long decline has reached a potential tipping point as the weight of …

Exceptionally preserved specimens yield critical information about the soft-part anatomy and
the evolution of organisms through time. We compiled the first global dataset of …

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 …

ABSTRACT A small brachyuran crab, Archaeochiapasa mardoqueoi n. gen., n. sp., is
reported from the lower Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Sierra Madre Formation at …

Coastal habitats are experiencing decreases in seawater pH and increases in temperature
due to anthropogenic climate change. The Caribbean king crab, Maguimithrax …

Recent studies based on morphological and molecular data provide a new perspective
concerning taxonomic aspects of the brachyuran family Mithracidae. These studies …

Mithracid crabs comprise a primarily subtidal reef-and rubble-dwelling group inhabiting both
tropical and subtropical seas. Despite their relative ubiquity in many hard-substrate …

ABSTRACT A collection of Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 crabs carried out during the
KARUBENTHOS 2012 Expedition to Guadeloupe Island and sorted during an international …

Hymenosomatidae is an eubrachyuran family of small and fragile crabs known until now
only by extant species of two subfamilies. Here we describe and illustrate a new subfamily …

Background Brachyura crab is the largest branch of Decapoda crustacean. Phylogenetic
relationships within Brachyura remain controversial to be investigated. The mitochondrial …