The classification of the families and genera of Callianassidae and related families
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) is significantly revised based on the results of a separately …

Background Costa Rica is located in the southern section of the Central American Isthmus,
which emerged around 3 million years ago and separates the two largest oceans of the …

Decapod crustaceans include many species of socioeconomic importance and are key
components of pelagic ecosystems, both as adults and as larval forms. Knowledge on …

Appraising sexual asymmetry during maximum gonad investment (MGI) offers a sharp tool to
evaluate the reproductive response of species to climate by coupling extrinsic and intrinsic …

Natural history studies are important in helping to understand the origin and evolution of
social organization as well as the evolution of specialized morphological structures linked to …

Most burrowing shrimps (infraorder Axiidea and Gebiidea) are characterized by solitary
habits, which led many of these species to evolve a remarkable sexual dimorphism both in …

The names Gebiidea and Axiidea, erected by de Saint Laurent (1979), have priority over
others for the two infraorders of shrimps previously included in Thalassinidea. Importantly …

We analyzed the social structure, sexual dimorphism and relative growth in the burrowing
shrimp Callichirus seilacheri from the tropical eastern Pacific. To this end, 456 individuals of …

In this report, I review the taxonomic history, body adaptations, ecology, and reproduction of
the infraorders Axiidea (ghost shrimps) and Gebiidea (mud lobsters). Known until recently as …

Recruitment is a strong determinant of year class strength and adult population density
especially for sessile benthic invertebrates where post-settlement mortality and competition …