CHJM Fransen, D epartm ent of M arine Zoology, N etherlands C entre for B iodiversity N
aturalis, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA L eiden, The N etherlands (charles. fransen@ ncbnaturalis …

Centers of origin and related concepts. Syst. Zool. 23: 265–287.—The concept of center of
origin in the Darwinian sense is often accepted and used as if it were a conceptual model …

At several occasions red coloured caridean shrimps have been reported from tropical land-
locked saltwater pools. These pools are situated at some distance from the sea, but …

ABSTRACT Manning, Raymond B., and Fenner A. Chace, Jr. Decapod and Stomatopod
Crastacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to …

Remipedia is one of the most recently discovered classes of crustaceans, first described in
1981 from anchialine caves in the Bahamas Archipelago. The class is divided into the order …

Grooming behavior is well developed in many decapod crustaceans. Antennular grooming
by the third maxillipedes is found throughout the Decapoda. Gill cleaning mechanisms are …

ABSTRACT Olson, Storrs L. Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves:
Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 152, 53 pages, 8 figures, 11 …

Six species of atyid prawns, representing five genera, occur in streams on the West Indian
island of Dominica (figures 1-6). The ecology and habits of each are described and the …

An assemblage of endemic cavernicolous marine invertebrates, including taxa found on
both sides of the Atlantic Ocean of great phylogenetic age or with affinities to deep sea …

Crustaceans have been an important component of marine diversity and biomass since the
earliest Phanerozoic. With a relatively well-documented fossil record, they provide an …