The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest
concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living …

Freshwater ecosystems in the tropics host a diverse endemic fauna including freshwater
crabs, but the rapid loss and deterioration of habitat means that many species are now …

An assessment of the global freshwater crab diversity is presented. A total of 1,476 species
in 14 families are currently known from all zoogeographical regions (except Antarctica) …

Freshwater crabs are a large group of aquatic animals, with more than 1,280 described
species worldwide found in freshwater ecosystems throughout the warmer parts of the …

The list of Crustacean species from the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, comprises
518 valid species, distributed in 17 orders and 152 families. This amount corresponds to …

Our knowledge of fossil crustaceans from the tropics has increased considerably during
recent decades, thanks to novel findings and the re-examination of museum specimens …

A new classification for the freshwater crabs of the Americas, the superfamily
Pseudothelphusoidea¸ is presented based on a multigene phylogeny complemented by …

South America has a huge diversity of freshwater decapods that occupy a variety of
ecosystems including major rivers, lakes, wetlands, and mountain streams. Although large …

Originalmente, a Mata Atlântica cobria cerca de 90% da extensão territorial do Estado do
Espírito Santo, sendo que o restante era coberto por brejos, restingas, manguezais, campos …

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 …