Decapoda

New species of hermit crab, 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦 (Decapoda, Diogenidae), discovered from northwest Gulf of Mexico; the single specimen was found among rhodoliths (benthic red algae) and other calcareous rubble on a mesophotic offshore bank at 310 ft (95 m) depth novataxa.blogspot.com/202…

New species of hermit crab, 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦 (Decapoda, Diogenidae), discovered from northwest Gulf of Mexico; the single specimen was found among rhodoliths (benthic red algae) and other calcareous rubble on a mesophotic offshore bank at 310 ft (95 m) depth novataxa.blogspot.com/202…

Deep-sea shrimps of the genus 𝘎𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯 (Decapoda, Ciradea); new species 𝘎𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴 belongs to the 𝘎. 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 species complex, but is quite distinctive in having four or more lateral spines on each side of the rostrum novataxa.blogspot.com/202…

Deep-sea shrimps of the genus 𝘎𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯 (Decapoda, Ciradea); new species 𝘎𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴 belongs to the 𝘎. 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 species complex, but is quite distinctive in having four or more lateral spines on each side of the rostrum novataxa.blogspot.com/202…

New species of feather star-associated shrimp, Cristimenes brucei (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), was described from Korea with its orange or reddish-brown color adapted to the color of the host crinoid novataxa.blogspot.com/201…

New species of feather star-associated shrimp, Cristimenes brucei (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), was described from Korea with its orange or reddish-brown color adapted to the color of the host crinoid novataxa.blogspot.com/201…

Coral reefs and squat lobsters (Decapoda: Galatheoidea) flourished 150 mya during the Late Jurassic; this coral-associated assemblage consisted of 53 species, 22 genera and six families news.berkeley.edu/2019/09…

Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia zookeys.pensoft.net/artic…

Cherax snowden, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula in Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia zookeys.pensoft.net/artic…

Difficulty: Decapoda III - Nicoya C.R. youtube.com/watch?v=QLZ5X…

Cherax snowden, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung Peninsula in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, named after Edward Snowden accessnow.org/page/m/3717…

Difficulty: Decapoda II youtube.com/watch?v=01vOW…

Seismic air gun exposure during early-stage embryonic development does not negatively affect spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii larvae (Decapoda:Palinuridae) : Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/srep2…