Open AccessREGISTRO DE DEFORMIDADE MORFOLÓGICA OCASIONADA POR PARASITO EM Pachychelles greeleyi Hathbung, 1900
Author(s) -
Matheus Rocha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
oecologia australis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 2177-6199
DOI - 10.4257/oeco.2020.2404.16
Subject(s) - anomura , crustacean , arthropod , biology , ecology , reef , diversification (marketing strategy) , decapoda , geography , marketing , business
Among the most abundant organisms in marine regions are crustaceans. Arthropod group that presents high ecological and morphological diversification. Representatives of this group include the Porcellanidae family, made up of organisms known as porcelain crabs. Pachycheles greeleyi is a endemic anomura from the northeast coast of Brazil, belonging to the Porcellanidae family and found in various substrates such corals and sandstone reefs formed by polychaetes. P. greeleyi specimens were collected from a beach in the state of Rio Grande do Norte and evaluated when the deformities present in their carapaces due to the presence of the parasite Aporobopyrus curtatus.