Richalpheus dahabensis n. sp. is described from a single female specimen collected at a depth of 1013 m from the mound of the callianassid mudshrimp, Glypturus sp., in the shallow lagoon near Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea. The new species differs from the type species, R. palmeri Anker and Jeng, 2006, by the absence of the fossa/tooth system on the pollex of the major chela. The diagnosis of Richalph...

A new species of freshwater crab, Potamonautes danielsisp. n., is described from the southern region of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Potamonautes danielsi most closely resembles Potamonautes sidneyi which is re-described here, but can be distinguished by a suite of key morphological characters including carapace shape and width, slim pereopods, inflated propodi of the chelipeds, an...

A new genus and species of potamid cavernicolous crab, Thampramon tonvuthi sp. nov., is described from Thailand. While superficially similar to Tiwaripotamon Bott, 1970, Phaibulamon Ng, 1992, and Nemoron Ng, 1996, the new genus possesses a unique combination of morphological characters including a distinctive carapace form, possession of a relatively long third maxilliped exopod, long ambulator...

The pagurid hermit crab genus Trichopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1968 is currently represented by three shallow water spe- cies from the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. In this paper, three species of the genus, including one new species, are reported. Trichopagurus tenuidactylus n. sp. is described on the basis of a single ovigerous female from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines, and compared with...

The present study describes the reproductive biology, population structure and life history traits of the abundant intertidal crab Xantho poressa. Between March 2007 and April 2008, a total of 1918 individuals were collected in Corrales de Rota (SW Spain), a human-modified intertidal habitat characterized by an artificial high complexity. Suitable refuges for crabs (cobbles and boulders) are ve...

Linear leak currents have been implicated in the regulation of neuronal excitability, generation of neuronal and network oscillations, and network state transitions. Yet, few studies have directly tested the dependence of network oscillations on leak currents or explored the role of leak currents on network activity. In the oscillatory pyloric network of decapod crustaceans neuromodulatory inpu...

Food supply is considered critical for a successful culturing of decapod larvae. However, some species may present yolk reserve sufficient to complete their larval development without external food supply (known as lecithotrophic larval development). In the present study, two experiments were carried out in order to verify whether the callianassid Lepidophthalmus siriboia have lecithotrophic be...

A new species of Ilyoplax, I. danielae, is described from the Philippines. It differs from its closest congeners, I. stapletoni (De Man, 1908), I. ningpoensis Shen, 1940, and I. formosensis Rathbun, 1921, by differences in carapace shape and proportions, shape and dentition of the chela and the morphologies of the walking legs and male first gonopods.

A new species of the genus Calliaxina Ngoc-Ho, 2003, Calliaxina xishaensissp. n., collected from the South China Sea is described and illustrated. It is distinguishable from Calliaxina thomassini Ngoc-Ho, 2014 by having the rostrum broadly triangular with pointed tip and is distinguishable from Calliaxina novaebritanniae (Borradaile, 1900) and Calliax punica (de Saint Laurent & Manning, 1982) b...

A small collection of 159 specimens of stenopodidean shrimps from New Caledonian waters has been studied and found to represent 13 species in 6 genera, adding 8 new species of stenopodideans to the Southwest Pacific fauna. Two new species are recognized, Richardina crosnieri n. sp. and Spongiocaris neocaledonensis n. sp. Two species of Odontozona are redescribed. Illustrations are provided for ...