For anyone with interests in a group of organisms as large and diverse as the Crustacea, it is
difficult to grasp the enormity of the entire taxon at one time. Those who work on crustaceans …

We present an updated classification for the entire Crustacea Decapoda, listing all known
families and genera organized by higher taxonomic groups and including estimates of the …

Hermit crabs (superfamily Paguroidea), by their typical nature as inhabitants of mobile,
protective domiciles, are a unique source for studying symbiotic relationships. A great variety …

A fundamental question in biology is whether phenotypes can be predicted by ecological or
genomic rules. At least five cases of convergent evolution of the crab‐like body plan (with a …

The preamble to the Systema Brachyurorum (Ng et al., 2008), the catalysis for this and
similar annotated checklists, began with the readers' attentions directed to previous …

Although the biology of the reptantian Decapoda has been much studied, the last
comprehensive review of reptantian systematics was published more than 80 years ago. We …

Abstract Background The infraorder Anomura has long captivated the attention of
evolutionary biologists due to its impressive morphological diversity and ecological …

The phylogeny of Decapoda is contentious and many hypotheses have been proposed
based on morphological cladistic analyses. Recent molecular studies, however, yielded …

The infraorder Anomura consists of a morphologically and ecologically heterogeneous
group of decapod crustaceans, and has attracted interest from taxonomists for decades …

The interest in, and attendance at, the symposium on Biology of the Anomura at the Fifth
International Crustacean Congress, 2001, indicates the recent focus on this group of …