An annotated species list is provided on the basis of seven sampling surveys of decapod crustaceans carried out on various supra-, medioand infralittoral substrates (sandy bottoms, rocky shores, seagrass beds of Posidonia oceanica) at four locations on the Adriatic Sea: Rovinj (in 1968), Slanik Bay (in 2001) and Pula (in 2004, 2005) on the Istrian Peninsula and the island of Šipan (in 2001, 200...

The evolutionary history of decapods and their parasites is assessed with particular reference to the use of parasites as proxies for host phylogeny. We focused on two groups of obligate parasites that use decapods as their definitive hosts: parasitic isopods of the family Bopyridae and,parasitic barnacles of the superorder RhizO$<ephala. Bopyrids and rhizocephalans differ in that the rhizoceph...

In food deprivation assays, several different responses have been observed in crustaceans. However, studying energy reserves utilization among more than one species during the same starvation period has not yet been performed, particularly to discern whether the responses are due to intrinsic and/or environmental factors. We hypothesize that decapod species with similar feeding habits have the ...

Two new species of infaunal decapod crustaceans are described based on material collected in Bahía Málaga, Pacific coast of Colombia, in 2009. The mud-shrimp Axianassa darrylfelderi sp. nov. (Axianassidae) appears to be most closely related to A. australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992, A. canalis Kensley & Heard, 1990, and A. jamaicensis Kensley & Heard, 1990. The new species may be distinguished ...

BACKGROUND Nociception is the physiological detection of noxious stimuli. Because of its obvious importance, nociception is expected to be widespread across animal taxa and to trigger robust behaviours reliably. Nociception in invertebrates, such as crustaceans, is poorly studied. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS THREE DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN SPECIES WERE TESTED FOR NOCICEPTIVE BEHAVIOUR: Louisiana ...