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
The ontogeny of the female reproductive system in the parasitic castrator pea crab Calyptraeotheres garthi: Implications for its mating system
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DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20786
Abstract: The knowledge of the mating system of pea crabs is still fragmentary as it remains dubious whether females copulate in the juvenile and free‐living ‘hard’ or in the obligatory symbiotic stages (adult stage ‘V’ or… read more here.
Keywords: system; mating system; crab calyptraeotheres; pea crab ... See more keywords
Temperature effect on the African pea crab Afropinnotheres monodi: Embryonic and larval developments, fecundity and adult survival
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151380
Abstract: Abstract Effects of temperature on the survival of the pea crab Afropinnotheres monodi, and on its realized fecundity (number of eggs) and actual fecundity (number of zoeas) were experimentally estimated on individuals from the Gulf… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; afropinnotheres monodi; crab afropinnotheres; pea crab ... See more keywords
Effects of the parasitic pea crab Afropinnotheres monodi Manning, 1993, on commercial bivalve species of the Iberian Peninsula: results of the AFROBIV project.
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DOI: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00103
Abstract: XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX) , Braga, Portugal, 9 Sep - 12 Sep, 2019. read more here.
Keywords: afropinnotheres monodi; crab afropinnotheres; pea crab; parasitic pea ... See more keywords