On types of sexual maturity in brachyurans, with special reference to size at the onset of sexual maturity

K Waiho, H Fazhan, JC Baylon, H Madihah… - Journal of Shellfish …, 2017‏ - BioOne
Sexual maturity is an important phase of brachyuran's life cycle as it marks the transition of
becoming an adult and the ability to reproduce. This article discussed on the types of sexual …

The distribution of fiddler crabs (Uca) along the coast of Brazil: implications for biogeography of the western Atlantic Ocean

CL Thurman, SC Faria, JC McNamara - Marine Biodiversity Records, 2013‏ - cambridge.org
To assess and analyse accurately their geographical distributions, fiddler crabs (Uca) from
the Atlantic coast of Brazil were studied using field collections, museum specimens and …

Fiddler crab (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) distribution and the relationship between habitat occupancy and mouth appendages

HH Checon, TM Costa - Marine Biology Research, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Sediment characteristics, especially grain size, are usually considered the most important
variables affecting Uca distribution, mainly due to its close relationship with mouth …

Temperature influences the reproduction of fiddler crabs at the southern edge of their distribution

KD Colpo, LS López‐Greco - Invertebrate Biology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the spatial patterns of reproductive biology might provide predictions about
fitness and population stability in different locations within the geographical range of a …

Morphological and genetic variation among populations of the fiddler crab Minuca burgersi (Holthuis, 1967)(Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from shores of the …

CL Thurman, RE Alber, MJ Hopkins… - Zoological …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For this study, in addition to museum vouchers, 1437 specimens of Minuca burgersi
(Holthuis, 1967) were collected from crab colonies at 105 locations in the western Atlantic …

Cold water temperatures define the poleward range limits of south American fiddler crabs

FR De Grande, JY Arakaki, M Marochi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Temperature increase due to climate change has caused shifts in the range distribution of
several organisms globally. In coastal intertidal environments most organisms have an …

Response of estuarine meiofauna communities to shifts in spatial distribution of keystone species: An experimental approach

M Citadin, TM Costa, SA Netto - Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Current climate change directly affects species distribution by altering their physical
environment and indirectly by altering interspecific interactions. The geographical …

Spatiotemporal distribution and abundance of mangrove ecosystem engineers: burrowing crabs around canopy gaps

M Nobbs, SJ Blamires - Ecosphere, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The burrowing and feeding activities of fiddler and sesarmid crabs have considerable
impacts on ecosystem functioning, accordingly they are considered ecosystem engineers …

Population dynamics of Sesarma rectum (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsidae) in the Ariquindá River mangrove, north-east of Brazil

D da Silva Castiglioni, PJA de Oliveira… - Journal of the Marine …, 2011‏ - cambridge.org
This study was carried out in order to provide basic information on the population ecology of
the crab Sesarma rectum in the Ariquindá River mangrove, Tamandaré, State of …

[PDF][PDF] Population biology and morphometric sexual maturity of the fiddler crab Uca (Uca) maracoani (Latreille, 1802)(Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in a semi …

FMR de Oliveira Silva, FB Ribeiro… - Latin American Journal of …, 2016‏ - redalyc.org
La estructura poblacional y la madurez sexual morfométrica del cangrejo Uca (Uca)
maracoani fueron estudiadas en un manglar tropical en el noreste de Brasil. Los cangrejos …