Shrimp of the family Atyidae are important members of nearly all tropical (and most temperate) fresh and brackish water ecosystems in the world. To date, a complete mitochondrial genome from this important crustacean group has not been reported. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Hawaiian atyid Halocaridina rubra [Holthuis, L.B., 1963. On red coloured shrimps (Decap...

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Prior NSF Support (see reference section for publications resulting from prior support) Jerald B. Johnson – No prior NSF support. Keith A. Crandall – The Phylogenetic Relationships among the Freshwater Aeglidae (Decapoda: Anomura). NSF DEB-0075600, $220,00

to study the population structure of decapods in the intertidal zone of bushehr rocky shores, some random sample collection from four rocky and rubble shores of bushehr were done using a 50×50 quadrates sampling unit, in four successive seasons from autumn 2009 to summer 2010. totally 8 speciesbelonging to 5 family of decapods were identified and counted. in the whole course of sample collectio...

to study the population structure of decapods in the intertidal zone of bushehr rocky shores, some random sample collection from four rocky and rubble shores of bushehr were done using a 50×50 quadrates sampling unit, in four successive seasons from autumn 2009 to summer 2010. totally 8 speciesbelonging to 5 family of decapods were identified and counted. in the whole course of sample collectio...

Methods We digitized the ranges of fiddler crabs (Decapoda, Ocypodidae, genus Uca) and calculated standing diversity as a function of latitude in the Indowest-Pacific, eastern-Pacific Americas and western Atlantic regions. We examined correlations between diversity and summer sea surface temperature, water column primary productivity, and also investigated the contribution of spatial autocorrel...

A new species of freshwater crab, Sodhiana iranica n. sp. (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), is described from Bastak, Iran. This is fourth species of Sodhiana Yeo & Ng, 2012, described, and is the second one known from Iran. It can be distinguished from congeners by the form of its carapace and the structure of the male first gonopod.

A new genus and species of sponge-associated pontoniine shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae) is described from northern part of Formosa Island (Taiwan). The new species can be clearly recognized by convex robust nail-like apices on dactyli of both pereiopods II--a unique morphological structure among pontoniine shrimps. Morphological differences from all known sponge-associa...

BACKGROUND Three specimens of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) were collected from Palabuhanratu Bay, southern Java, Indonesia. There is no previous record on the presence of the species in Indonesia. This finding represents the first record of this species in Java, Indonesia, and confirms that the species is present in the Indian Ocean. The ...

The collection of Crustacea preserved in the Museum Zoology “P. Doderlein” Palermo (Italy) has been revised framework activities National Biodiversity Future Center. main part is composed Decapoda, while a smaller includes Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Cirripedia. Overall common species, some which are now protected.

A new genus, Leptomenes, is designated for the pontoniine shrimp Periclimenes dolichosternum & Mitsuhashi, 2003. The single species is known only from the type material from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Resumé : Un nouveau genre, Leptomenes, pour le crevette pontoniinae, Periclimenes dolichosternum Okuno & Mitsuhashi, 2003 (Crustacea : Decapoda : Palaemonidae). Un nouveau genre, Leptomenes, est p...