<b>The first finding of Ostrea cf. <i>puelchana</i> (Bivalvia) living as epibiont on <i>Callinectes exasperates</i> (Decapoda)

<b>The first finding of Ostrea cf. <i>puelchana</i> (Bivalvia) living as epibiont on <i>Callinectes exasperates</i> (Decapoda)

This paper describes the epibiosis of Ostrea cf. puelchana on Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856), both collected from the estuary of the Paraíba River, in the state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. The basibiont crab was captured using a trap installed in mangrove area at a depth of about 2...

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Main Authors: Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima, Rudá Amorim Lucena, Vinicius Queiroz, Carmen Regina Parisotto Guimarães, André Breves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2017-05-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
Subjects:
Brachyura
mangrove
marine invertebrates
Mollusca
Pteriomorphia
South America.
Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/33629

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