The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

Abstract Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931 and Penaeus monodon Fabricius,
1798 provide 87% of the world's farmed marine shrimp, and 99% with another five species …

Limited dispersal and connectivity in marine organisms can have negative fitness effects in
populations that are small and isolated, but reduced genetic exchange may also promote …

The application of DNA barcoding represents a complementary and efficient approach to
identifying specimens at all stages of their life cycle when used in combination with …

Penaeidae is a family of shrimp, and it contains many species of economic importance, such
as the tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon), white leg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp and Indian …

The taxonomic status of the sergestid shrimp, Acetes americanus, has been questioned for
several decades. No specific study has been performed thus far to resolve the …

Fiddler crabs (Brachyura, Ocypodidae), like many other marine organisms, disperse via
planktonic larvae. A lengthy pelagic larval duration is generally assumed to result in genetic …

Management strategies for fisheries species require understanding their connectivity and
population dynamics. The Brazilian slipper lobster, Scyllarides brasiliensis, is one of the …

The blue land crab Cardisoma guanhumi is widely distributed throughout tropical and
subtropical estuarine regions in the Western Central Atlantic (WCA). Patterns of population …

Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis and F. paulensis are the most exploited shrimps of SE-S
Brazilian coast. Our aim was to verify if adjacent nursery areas with different environmental …