Feeding strategies provide essential information to help understand symbiotic relationships
and resource competition as well as environmental integrity. This study examined the …

Jellyfish are known to carry various epibionts, including many of the subphylum Crustacea.
However, the associations between gelatinous zooplankton and other invertebrates have …

Symbioses are ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. However, in most cases, the role of each
member is relatively fixed, and it is rare for the same species to exhibit different symbiotic …

Symbiotic relationships in marine environments are not fixed and can change throughout the
animal's life. This study investigated the ontogeny of symbiosis of the spider crab Libinia …

Reproduction is a key feature in the dynamics and establishment of non-indigenous species
in new areas. Thus, reproductive biology studies are particularly important for predicting …

Population dynamics of the kelp crab Pugettia quadridens, a potential predator of juvenile
abalone, were investigated on the coast of Nagai, Sagami Bay, to examine its cryptic …

The Brazilian coast is home to two species of Majoid crabs: Libinia ferreirae and Libinia
spinosa, with similar habits, as they live in symbiosis with the jellyfish Lychnorhiza lucerna …

We estimated the growth parameters of the spider crab, Libinia ferreirae (age, asymptotic
size and growth rate) using the von Bertalanffy growth equation model. We obtained nine …

True jellyfishes of the class Scyphozoa exhibit a range of unique biological traits and are
intrinsically linked to the ecosystems in which they reside. Despite this, their ecology …

We investigated the population dynamics of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae, focusing on the
frequency distribution of individuals in size classes, sex ratio and the action of environmental …