Crustacean olfaction is fundamental to most aspects of living and communicating in aquatic
environments and more broadly, for individual‐and population‐level success. Accelerated …

This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most
people as a nutritious and tasty food item. Shrimps are amazingly diverse in size, shape …

Abstract The Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, is important as the principal
species in the worldwide aquaculture of shrimp. It has also become a model in the study of …

Abstract The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied., is a worldwide pest of several
fruits given its extremely wide host range which includes more than 250 different species of …

Like other animals, echinoderms rely on chemical senses to detect and localize food
resources. Here, we evaluate the chemical sensitivity of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus …

A major transition in the history of the Pancrustacea was the invasion of several lineages of
these animals onto land. We investigated the functional performance of odor-capture …

Chemical-guided tracking is vital for critical activities such as foraging and mating in
swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus), as it facilitates the detection and localization of …

A taste component is implicated in the oro-sensory detection of dietary lipids and free fatty
acids seem to be involved in fatty food recognition. Bottarga, the salted and semi-dried ovary …

Never attend an expedition to Vietnam that is devoted to the study of freshwater and marine
fishes! However, if you do, you run the risk of making good new friends in the commercial …

The integration of sensory information with adequate motor outputs is critical for animal
survival. Here, we present an innovative technique based on a non-invasive closed-circuit …