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Last week, Senckenberg Nature Research’s Prof. | Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) Last week, Senckenberg Nature Research’s Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt and SOSA’s Dr. Alica Torkov, PhD joined global ocean leaders at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference—a global gathering focused on conserving...

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Molecular phylogenetics of Thor Kingsley, 1878 and Thinora Bruce, 1997 (Decapoda: Caridea: Thoridae), with the relegation of Thinora to synonymy and the description of two new species of Thor, one cry... Abstract. The genera Thor Kingsley, 1878 and Thinora Bruce, 1997 comprises small-sized thorid shrimps (family Thoridae Kingsley, 1878) distributed in tropi

Phylogeny and two new species of thorid shrimps: doi.org/10.1093/jcbi...

Awardees for the 2025 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researcher Award known This year, Sammy De Grave has been honored with the WoRMS Achievement Award, and the WoRMS Early Career Researcher Award goes to Sávio Gabriel Gomes Pereira.

Congratulations Sammy DeGrave on a well deserved WoRMS Achievement Award!! www.marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Giving Wim Decock – WoRMS DMT member - a rousing send-off: well-deserved retirement awaits!

Congratulations Wim on a wonderful career and all your help on the Decapods @WoRMS: www.marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Marbled Crayfish: a serious non-native threat, with potential risk of introduction through the pet trade. Invasive non-native species, both plants and animals, threaten our native wildlife, natural ecosystems, economy, health, and interfere with activities we enjoy.  Invasive Species Week is led by the GB...

How the UK 🇬🇧 is trying to prevent the introduction of marbled #crayfish:

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Paleontologists discover a 500-million-year-old, 3-eyed predator Fossils of the underwater predator shed new light on biodiversity from the Cambrian period.

Fossils of the underwater predator shed new light on biodiversity from the Cambrian period.

Taxonomy of two deep-water penaeoid shrimps (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata: Penaeidae, Solenoceridae) Pleoticus steindachneri (Balss, 1914) and Parapenaeus fissuroides erythraeus Crosnier, 1986 endemic to the Red Sea url:https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-abstract/45/1/ruaf011/8096265

Development of a new primer cocktail for improved DNA barcoding of brachyuran crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) url:https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-abstract/45/1/ruae081/8003485

New crayfish curriculum engages students in Great Lakes and local invasive species issues - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Crayfish can frequently be found in the role of classroom pet, but as with many school critters, they can pose a threat if they are released into local waters—non-native species can prove to be invasi...

Out now! Our new curriculum for grades 6-12 helps educators across the #GreatLakes region engage their students to think critically about freshwater ecosystems through the lens of crayfish - read more about it here: iiseagrant.org/new-crayfish...

Two mole crab species of Emerita Scopoli, 1777 (Decapoda: Anomura: Hippidae) from Java Island, Indonesia, with description of a new species | Zootaxa

Two new mole crabs from Java! mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Genome skimming supports two new crayfish species from the genus Pacifastacus Bott, 1950 (Decapoda: Astacidae) | Zootaxa

Great new paper on genome skimming in freshwater crayfish with two new species descriptions from Pacifastacus! mapress.com/zt/article/v...

#NewSpecies!
New shrimp from #usa just pinched us:

Salmoneus manningi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED87CC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SalmoneusManningi

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#openaccess #biology #ecology #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #arthropods #crustacea #shrimps

New study shows that 73% of #DeepSea decapods had ingested #microplastics, mostly fibers (91%). Catalan specimens had significantly more MPs than Sardinian ones. A. antennatus had the highest MP load in the Catalan area, Nephrops was the most contaminated decapod in Sardinia.
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Ascension Island land crab (Johngarthia lagostoma) laying eggs at North-East Bay. The green mark is part of the annual survey to make sure theyre not double counted. #ascensionisland #Johngarthialagostoma #decapod #crustacean #southatlantic #eggs #landcrabs

2025. A review of behavioral testing in decapod shrimp (Caridea) and prawns (Dendrobranchiata) with applications for welfare assessment in aquaculture. #AnimalWelfare #AnimalEthics peerj.com/articles/188...

On this Earth Day, please join us in celebrating biodiversity and the conservationists who are working to protect our planet’s animals, fungi and plants. #EarthDay2025 🌍🌎🌏

In honor of #InverteFest, a cranefly larva (Tipulidae) collected last week at Indiana Dunes National Park while teaching educators how to sample for aquatic macroinvertebrates (bonus appearances from a water scorpion and crayfish!)

Ink and ink-wash drawing of a rusty crayfish from the side

For #invertefest, a rusty crayfish I drew for Inktober last year. #SciArt