The determination and control of sperm quality is an important concern for the crustacean
aquaculture industry, both in production of well-established profitable species and in …

The use of spermatozoal characters in elucidating animal phylogeny (spermiocladistics) has
been successfully applied in the decapod crustaceans. Most of the studies investigating …

In recent decades, crayfish farming has been developing quickly in several regions of the
world. Molecular and cellular studies of crayfish spermatozoon provide valuable information …

Reflecting the wide variety of ideas and hypotheses concerning decapod phylogeny, the
world's leading decapodologists assemble their knowledge in this volume for the sole …

The taxonomic status of the species Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796) and Clibanarius
vittatus (Bosc, 1802), which have sympatric biogeographical distributions restricted to the …

Beachrock can be found in intertidal marine environments worldwide even though the
knowledge about its ecological value in Messina's strait is still quite scarce. In this study, six …

Intersexuality in hermit crabs was investigated using anatomical, histological and electron-
microscopy techniques, with Clibanarius vittatus as a model. The specimens were collected …

The anatomy of the male reproductive organs of the brachyuran crab Eriphia verrucosa is
presented, with a detailed analysis of the histology and histochemistry of the regional …

We studied the morphology of the male reproductive system and spermatophore formation
in Astacus leptodactylus. The testis has two anterior lobules and only one posterior lobule …

The differentiation of the female reproductive system from a macroscopic and microscopic
point of view was studied in Cherax quadricarinatus. For this characterization, 184 females …