The systematics of the over 7250 species of Brachyura is in the midst of a dynamic period of
change. The last decade has seen an unprecedented interest and enthusiasm for …

An annotated checklist of the brachyuran crabs known thus far from the Taiwanese waters,
including all the isles of its territory, together with citations, is compiled. The brachyuran …

For much of terrestrial biodiversity, the evolutionary pathways of adaptation from marine
ancestors are poorly understood and have usually been viewed as a binary trait. True crabs …

Brachyuran larval stages were in the 18th century initially described as new species.
Linnaeus (1767) described Cancer germanus, a megalopa from the Atlantic Ocean. Slabber …

The discussion that follows is not intended to cover all groups of crabs, or even offer an in-
depth analysis of every superfamily and their constituent families. Instead, it focuses on …

The transition to air-breathing by formerly aquatic species has occurred repeatedly and
independently in fish, crabs and other animal phyla, but the proximate drivers of this key …

Brachyura is widely acknowledged for its morphological and ecological versatility, but the
underlying genetic diversity has not received much attention until recently. Genetic diversity …

Members of the brachyuran crab superfamily Xanthoidea sensu Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008)
are a morphologically and ecologically diverse assemblage encompassing more than 780 …

True crabs, or Brachyura, comprise over 7,600 known species and are among the most
ecologically dominant, economically significant, and popularly recognized group of extant …

Abstract Background The Pleistocene cyclic sea-level fluctuations are thought to have
markedly affected the distribution and genetic architecture of Atlanto-Mediterranean biota …