Abstract For the kingdom Animalia, 1,552,319 species have been described in 40 phyla in a
new evolutionary classification. Among these, the phylum Arthropoda alone represents …

This volume, 9B, covers the infraorders of the Astacidea that were not covered in volume 9A
(Enoplometopoidea, Nephropoidea and Glypheidea) as well as the Axiidea, Gebiidea and …

Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline
of higher-level classification and Page 1 Zootaxa 3148 © 2011 Magnolia Press · 165 …

Abstract Background The infraorder Anomura has long captivated the attention of
evolutionary biologists due to its impressive morphological diversity and ecological …

The infraorder Anomura consists of a morphologically and ecologically heterogeneous
group of decapod crustaceans, and has attracted interest from taxonomists for decades …

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

In 1976, the French research vessel “Vauban” was scheduled to travel from France to New
Caledonia. Through the efforts of Alain Crosnier (Director of the Oceanography, ORSTOM), it …

Abundant fossil material of extinct brachyurans has revealed morphological details hitherto
rarely used inpalaeontological studies. Detailed comparisons between extant and extinct …

The emergence of cost-effective and rapid sequencing approaches has resulted in an
exponential rise in the number of mitogenomes on public databases in recent years …

A total of 68 species of anomuran and 284 living species of brachyuran crabs are listed as
reliably occurring in the Hawaiian Islands. These figures include 12 species of brachyurans …