Sexual dimorphism in mud crabs: a tale of three sympatric Scylla species

H Fazhan, K Waiho, Y Fujaya, N Rukminasari, H Ma… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Sexual dimorphism is a common phenomenon in the animal kingdom. To test the
consistency of sexual dimorphism patterns among sympatric species of the same genus, ten …

Geographic differentiation in the freshwater crab Potamon persicum Pretzmann, 1962 (Decapoda, Potamidae) in the Zagros Mountains: evidence from morphometry

YA Afzali, R Naderloo, A Keikhosravi, S Klaus - Zoosystema, 2024 - BioOne
The freshwater crab Potamon persicum in Iran is distributed along the western Alborz
Mountains, its range extending southeast through the whole Zagros Mountains. We …

Composition, size distribution, length-weight relationship of sympatric mud crab species (Scylla) and the case of presumed hybrids

H Fazhan, K Waiho, I Al-Hafiz, NA Kasan… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Multiple species of mud crabs are known to co-exist sympatrically within the same
ecosystem. However, little is known about the potential factors influencing their community …

Multiple Pleistocene refugia and repeated phylogeographic breaks in the southern Caspian Sea region: Insights from the freshwater crab Potamon ibericum

E Parvizi, R Naderloo, A Keikhosravi… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Phylogeographic studies on a number of Western Palaearctic taxa imply that the
southern Caspian Sea region served as a refugium during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) …

Gonadal microRNA Expression Profiles and Their Potential Role in Sex Differentiation and Gonadal Maturation of Mud Crab Scylla paramamosain

K Waiho, H Fazhan, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, S Li… - Marine …, 2019 - Springer
Although the sexual dimorphism in terms of gonadal development and gametogenesis of
mud crab has been described, the internal regulating mechanism and sex differentiation …

Gonadal Degeneration and Hepatopancreas Alteration in Orange Mud Crab Scylla olivacea Infected With Sacculina beauforti (Crustacea; Rhizocephala; …

H Fazhan, K Waiho, H Glenner, JHZ Moh… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Infestation of Sacculina beauforti on an aquaculture species, mud crab Scylla olivacea is
alarming due to its high prevalence and the extreme morphological changes in hosts. To …

Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Sexual Dimorphism Patterns of Mud Crab Genus Scylla Along the Equatorial Region

K Waiho, M Ikhwanuddin, MH Abualreesh… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sexual dimorphism is generally obvious in brachyurans, and sexual dimorphism between
species is of a higher degree to allow separation of trophic niches compared to the lower …

Population variation and sexual dimorphism in the deep-sea crab Parilia alcocki (Brachyura, Leucosiidae)

KV Aneesh Kumar, VP Padate, SS Cubelio… - Marine Biology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Parilia alcocki is a deep-sea crab inhabiting the continental shelves and slopes of the
eastern Arabian Sea and western Bay of Bengal at a depth of 128–457 m. No published …

Size Distribution, Length-Weight Relationship, and Size at Morphometric Maturity of the Mud Spiny Lobster Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst, 1793) in the Johor Strait

K Waiho, H Fazhan, AC Shu-Chien… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Spiny lobsters of the genus Panulirus are economically important and support local fishing
communities. However, mud spiny lobster Panulirus polyphagus is among the least known …

Morphometric characterization of the freshwater crab Potamon elbursi Pretzmann, 1962 in the Caspian Sea and Namak Lake hydrographic systems

A Kalate, A Keikhosravi, R Naderloo… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The freshwater crab Potamon elbursi is widely distributed in northwestern Iran, occurring in
two separate hydrographic systems, one draining into the Caspian Sea and a second into …