Port Phillip Bay Survey 2. Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda)

Seagrass Resilience in Port Phillip Bay

Eriocheir sinensis, (Crustacea: Decapoda, Brachyura, Varunidae): fish egg consumption

Dispersal of Eriocheir sinensis from its native habitat is a worldwide concern. As one of the most invasive species known, this crab causes significant disruption to foreign ecosystems. In particular, populations in the United Kingdom (UK) are increasing in number and E. sinensis has been reported from many river catchments (www.mittencrabs.org.uk). The ecological implications of this invasion ...

Cangrejos estuariales del Atlántico sudoccidental (25o-41oS) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Environmental aspects and the decapod fauna of several estuaries and coastal lagoons in the southwestern Atlantic, between 25 and 41°S, are compared: Baia de Paranaguá, Manguezal de Itacorubí, Lagoa dos Patos (Brasil), Laguna Castillos (Uruguay), Río de la Plata (Uruguay-Argentina), Laguna Mar Chiquita and Bahía Blanca (Argentina). The information about natural history of crab species (Crustace...

New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Decapoda (Crustacea: Thalassinidea, Brachyura) from Puerto Rico, United States Territory

A large number of recently collected specimens from Puerto Rico has yielded two new species including Palaeoxanthopsis tylotus and Eurytium granulosum, the oldest known occurrence of the latter genus. Cretaceous decapods are reported from Puerto Rico for the first time, and the Cretaceous fauna is similar to that of southern Mexico. Herein is included the first report of Pleistocene decapods fr...

Recent advances in the biology of the Neotropical freshwater crab family Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

Pseudothelphusidae is a well diversified group of Neotropical freshwater crabs currently comprising 40 genera and at least 255 species and subspecies. The biology of these crabs has been an active field of research in the last 20 years. The aim of the present contribution is to discuss the significance of the new knowledge on the biology of these freshwater crabs after September 1992, to stress...