Phylomorphometrics reveal ecomorphological convergence in pea crab carapace shapes (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae)
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9744
Abstract: Abstract Most members of the speciose pea crab family (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) are characterized by their symbioses with marine invertebrates in various host phyla. The ecology of pea crabs is, however, understudied, and the degree… read more here.
Keywords: carapace shapes; ecology; carapace; brachyura pinnotheridae ... See more keywords
On the presence of Pinnotheres pisum (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) in the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic), its southernmost distribution limit
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DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003838
Abstract: The pea crab Pinnotheres pisum was described by Linnaeus in 1767 as Cancer pisum and is the type species of the genus Pinnotheres Bosc, 1801, that at present contains 64 species (Palacios-Theil et al., 2016).… read more here.
Keywords: pinnotheres pisum; brachyura pinnotheridae; pinnotheridae canary; pisum brachyura ... See more keywords
A Review of the Ecomorphology of Pinnotherine Pea Crabs (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae), with an Updated List of Symbiont-Host Associations
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DOI: 10.3390/d12110431
Abstract: Almost all pea crab species in the subfamily Pinnotherinae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) are considered obligatory endo- or ectosymbionts, living in a mutualistic or parasitic relationship with a wide variety of invertebrate hosts, including bivalves, gastropods,… read more here.
Keywords: brachyura pinnotheridae; updated list; symbiont host; host associations ... See more keywords