This paper provides an analysis of the distribution patterns of marine biodiversity and
summarizes the major activities of the Census of Marine Life program in the Caribbean …

This volume, 9B, covers the infraorders of the Astacidea that were not covered in volume 9A
(Enoplometopoidea, Nephropoidea and Glypheidea) as well as the Axiidea, Gebiidea and …

Background Two processes may contribute to the formation of global centers of biodiversity:
elevated local speciation rates (the center of origin hypothesis), and greater accumulation of …

While the amphi-American porcellanid crab Petrolistes galathinus has been traditionally
viewed as a highly variable species containing several different color forms, we consider it to …

Ports are important locations for the introduction of marine species, while marinas and
pontoons often serve as secondary habitats for these species. In a marina near Paranaguá …

A checklist of the decapod crustacean species from the infraorders Astacidea,
Thalassinidea, Polychelida, Palinura, and Anomura from the northern and northeastern …

Fifty years following a major revision by Haig (1956) and after numerous additions and
changes of status, the porcelain crab fauna of the western Atlantic numbers 48 valid species …

El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la composición taxonómica y aspectos
ecológicos de los crustáceos decápodos pertenecientes a los infraórdenes Anomura y …

Marine crustaceans constitute one of the best studied groups in the Cuban waters. However,
the level of systematic knowledge about them differs among the ecoregions of the platform …

Hippolyte obliquimanus is a marine shrimp reported from the Caribbean Sea and Brazil. The
literature provides indications for morphological variation between populations from those …