Advances in Decapod Crustacean Research

Preface. 1: Systematics, Phylogeny and Biogeography. Phylogeny of decapods: moving towards a consensus; F.R. Schram. Notes on the position of the true freshwater crabs within the Brachyrhynchan Eubrachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura); R.V. Sternberg, N. Cumberlidge. Molecular phylogeny of the crab genus (Brachyura: Varunidae) based on the 16S rRNA gene; C.D. Schubart, et al. A new genus in the Upogebidae and rediagnosis of its close relative, Gebiacantha Ngoc-Ho, 1989 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea); N. Ngoc-Ho. Recent samples of mainly rare decapod Crustacea taken from the deep-sea floor of the southern West Europe Basin; L. Tiefenbacher. Data on the family Pandalidae around the Canary Islands, with first record of Plesionika antigai (Caridea); J.A. González, et al. Crustacea Decapoda of Paripe River Estuary, Pernambuco, Brazil; M.A. Coelho dos Santos, P.A. Coelho. Decapod fauna of intertidal habitats on Socotra Island, Yemen; F. Simões, et al. The crab species found on the coasts of Gökçeada (Imbroz) Island in the Aegean Sea; H. Balkis, et al. Evidence of paraphyly in the neotropical Porcellanid genus Neopisosoma (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae) based on molecular characters; B. Werding, et al. 2: Growth Morphology and Development. Growth in Crustacea - twenty years on; R.G. Hartnoll. Sex-related variability of rostrum morphometry of Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda: Aristeidae) from the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean, Greece); K. Kapiris, M. Thessalou-Legaki. Influence of diet on sex differentiation of Hippolyte inermis Leach (Decapoda: Natantia) in the field; V. Zupo. Combined effects of temperature and salinity on the larval development of the estuarine mud prawnUpogebia africana (Decapoda, Thalassinidea); J. Paula, et al. Mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of the American lobster Homarus americanus (Nephropidae, Decapoda); E. Coluccia, et al. 3: Ecology and Behaviour. Larval abundance and recruitment of Carcinus maenas L. close to its southern geographical limit: a case of match and mismatch; M. Sprung. Choice of prey size and species in Carcinus maenas (L.) feeding on four bivalves of contrasting shell morphology; M. Mascaró, R. Seed. Intertidal distribution and species composition of brachyuran crabs at two rocky shores in central Portugal; A.V.V. Flores, J. Paula. Morphometric comparison between Mediterranean and Atlantic populations of Pontophilus norvegicus (Decapoda, Crangonidae); S. De Grave, D. Diaz. Notes on the distribution and biology of the deep-sea crab Bathynectes maravigna (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea; P. Abelló, et al. Notes on the biology of Cancer bellianus (Brachyura, Cancridae) around the Canary islands; J.A. Quiles, et al. Comparative suitability of binocular observation, burrow counting and excavation for the quantification of the mangrove fiddler crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards); M.W. Skov, R.G. Hartnoll. A comparison of alternative methods for estimating population density of the fiddler crab Uca annulipes at Saco mangrove, Inhaca Island (Mozambique); A. Macia, et al. Aspects of the population dynamics of Neosarmatium meinerti at Mgazana, a warm temperate mangrove swamp in the East Cape, South Africa, investigated using an indirect method; W.D. Emmerson. Seasonal abundance and recruitment in an estuarine population of mud crabs, Scylla paramamosain, in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam; L. Le