The primary freshwater crab mandibular palp is described as possessing two or three
divisions (joints) and its terminal article as being either unbranched (simple) or bilobed …

All Jurassic brachyuran taxa known to date are based solely upon dorsal carapaces, and
only a limited number of Early and mid-Cretaceous crabs retain ventral parts. Therefore, all …

Confocal laser scanning microscopy is an excellent tool for nondestructive imaging of
arthropods and can provide detailed information on morphology including fine surface …

Abstract Fiddler crabs (Brachyura: Ocypodidae: Gelasiminae) in Taiwan consist of 5 genera
and 15 species, but knowledge of their larval development is limited to just 3 species …

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 …

Synalpheus ubatuba zoea I was described by assessing laboratory‐hatched larvae. It was
compared to other Synalpheus descriptions available in the literature. Partial sequences of …

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

Abstract West African species of Scyllarus (Achelata, Scyllaridae) are poorly known, mostly
due to the difficulties of sampling Eastern Atlantic tropical waters. Recent expeditions carried …

The brush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi is a native species from the Western
Pacific and an invader of the European Atlantic coast from northern Spain to southern …

The aims of this study were to describe and illustrate the early larval stages of the snapping
shrimp Alpheus brasileiro Anker, 2012 and to review the larval morphology (Zoea I) of the …