decapods

A couple of months ago Robert W. Elwood and Mirjam Appel designed an elegant experiment using hermit crabs and electricity:To investigate whether decapods feel pain we gave hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, small electric shocks within their shells.

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On its own, Panglao has a higher level of biodiversity compared to Japan, which barely exceeds 1,600 species, and the Mediterranean, which covers 300 million hectares and has 340 species of decapods and 2,024 species of mollusks, the French embassy said.

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"The Mediterranean (300 million hectares) has 340 species of decapods and 2,024 species of mollusks," the statement said.

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A couple of months ago Robert W. Elwood and Mirjam Appel designed an elegant experiment using hermit crabs and electricity:To investigate whether decapods feel pain we gave hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, small electric shocks within their shells.

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The decapods include a wide variety of herbivores, omnivores, scavengers, and predators.

Crustacea 2008

Mysidaceans are easily distinguished from decapods because they have 6 pairs of legs, while decapods have only 5.

Crustacea 2008

Marine invertebrate records for include 35 abundant species of mollusc and 190 decapods.

Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008

In temperate freshwaters, decapods are most commonly encountered along rocky or weedy shorelines of quiet bays in water less than 2 m deep, though they occur in water up to 30 m deep.

Crustacea 2008

The decapods include such well-known marine species as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.

Crustacea 2008

D. KNOTTS: Yes, on decapods of the genera pagurus.

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