Malacostracan crustaceans display a large diversity of sizes, morphs and life styles.
However, only a few representatives of decapod taxa have served as models for analyzing …

Ionotropic receptors (IRs) are a highly divergent subfamily of ionotropic glutamate receptors
(iGluR) and are conserved across Protostomia, a major branch of the animal kingdom that …

The spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, has two classes of chemosensilla representing
“olfaction” and “distributed chemoreception,” as is typical for decapod crustaceans. Olfactory …

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields are globally rare (abundant in numbers, but extremely
small in area) and are rich in extraordinary life based on chemosynthesis rather than …

Background Crustaceans express several classes of receptor genes in their antennules,
which house olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and non-olfactory chemosensory neurons …

Rimicaris exoculata, the 'blind shrimp,'is the most abundant species living on active
hydrothermal edifices at deep-sea vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Its unusually enlarged …

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 …

Many studies have characterized class A GPCRs in crustaceans; however, their expression
in crustacean chemosensory organs has yet to be detailed. Class A GPCRs comprise …

Alvinocaridid shrimps are emblematic representatives of the deep hydrothermal vent fauna
at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. They are adapted to a mostly aphotic habitat with extreme …

The shrimp Rimicaris exoculata is the most conspicuous component of vent communities
developing around hydrothermal fluid emissions below 2000 m on the northern Mid-Atlantic …