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Lobster Conservation
Lobster reference resource" for the American lobster, Homarus americanus. [eng]
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Decapoda
Taxonomy. [eng]
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Decapoda Order
Links to species Paralithodes camtschatica, Macrocheira kaempferi. [eng]
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Crabs, Shrimps, Lobsters, Barnacles and Copepods
Members of this order are mostly marine and can be
identified by having the head and thorax fused into a cephalothorax. From here, they
are further divided into two sub-orders: the Natantia (shrimp and prawns), and the
Raptantia, (lobsters and crabs). The Natantia are the true swimmers, using the
pleopods, (tiny, feathery swimmerets found on their abdomen. [eng]
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The Dakoticancridae (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Mexico
The podotrematous crab family Dakoticancridae includes four genera, Dakoticancer Rathbun, Tetracarcinus Weller, Avitelmessus Rathbun, and Seorsus
Bishop, all known solely from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Lathelicocarcinus Bishop, originally referred to the family, must be reassigned. Fine
details of anatomy, preserved on specimens of D. overanus Rathbun and A. grapsoideus Rathbun, permit description of genital openings and interpretation of
functional morphology of appendages. Although one species, D. australis Rathbun, has been found associated with burrow structures, all were probably vagrant epifaunal
animals on fine- to medium-grained siliciclastic substrata. Food was probably obtained by generalized low-level predation and scavenging. Results of a cladistic analysis are
consistent with the stratigraphic data suggesting that T. subquadrata Weller is nearest the rootstock of the family and that other taxa within the family are derived from it. [eng]
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Land crabs of the Seychelles Islands
This site attempts to give information on which crabs are living on the islands and where they can be found. Whenever possible,
other information on the ecology of the crabs is added. A general desciption and pictures are also included. [eng]
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World bibliography on subterranean Decapoda (Caridea, Astacidea, Anomura)
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Crustacés de Polynésie française - Polynesian Crustacea (Decapoda and Stomatopoda)
Lobsters, Crabs, Hermit crabs, Mantis shrimps, Shrimps, References, Deep investigations, Database. [eng | fra]
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Lista de Decapoda (Anomura; Brachyura) para la Reserva BiolÛgica Cayos Cochinos, Honduras
Decapods (Anomura and Brachyura) were surveyed for 3 months in coral reefs, seagrass beds, beaches and terrestrial areas of the largest islands at the Cayos Cochinos Biological Reserve. A total of 45 species, within their families, were recorded including:
Coenobitidae (1), Diogenidae (4) for Anomuras and for the Brachyura the Raninidae family (1 species), Calappidea (1), Leucossidae (1), Majidae (14), Portunidae (7), Xanthidae (7), Grapsidae (5), Gercarcinidae (2) and Ocypodidae (2). [spa]
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