Epilobocera sinuatifrons

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Epilobocera sinuatifrons
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epiloboceridae
Genus: Epilobocera
Species:
E. sinuatifrons
Binomial name
Epilobocera sinuatifrons
Synonyms
  • Boscia sinuatifronsA. Milne-Edwards, 1866 [2]

Epilobocera sinuatifrons [3] is a freshwater crab [4] of the family Epiloboceridae. [2] The species is an endemic species and widely distributed in streams of Puerto Rico and occurs also on Saint Croix (the U.S. Virgin Islands). [1] [5] [6] The common name of this freshwater crab is "buruquena." An important aspect of this crab is its type of development; the buruquena undergoes direct development. This means that the crab does not produce larvae. Instead, it breeds in freshwater streams and releases small crabs, not larvae like freshwater shrimp.

Epilobocera sinuatifrons is one of the most abundant predatory freshwater decapods in the freshwater streams of Puerto Rico. [7] The juveniles are aquatic while the adults feed also on terrestrial resources on the forest floor adjacent to streams. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Epilobocera sinuatifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T135113A4060035. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135113A4060035.en . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Epilobocera sinuatifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived August 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Physical and chemical factors affecting the upstream migration of amphidromous shrimp in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Archived 2013-09-04 at archive.today D.A. Kikkert, T.A. Crowl, and A.P. Covich. Society for Freshwater Science. 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. ↑ On the Role of Omnivorous Freshwater Crabs in Neotropical Streams. Archived 2013-09-24 at archive.today A. P Covich. Society for Freshwater Science. NABStracts 2000 #7214. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  6. 1 2 Cook, B. D.; Pringle, C. M.; Hughes, J. M. (2008). "Phylogeography of an Island Endemic, the Puerto Rican Freshwater Crab (Epilobocera sinuatifrons)" (PDF). Journal of Heredity. 99 (2): 157–164. doi:10.1093/jhered/esm126. hdl: 10072/20252 . PMID   18252729.
  7. ↑ Mayfly Predation by Juvenile Freshwater Crabs: Implications for Crab Habitat Selection. Archived 2013-09-24 at archive.today J. K. Henry, A. P. Covich, T. S. Bowden, and T. A. Crow. Society for Freshwater Science. NABStracts 2000 #446. Retrieved 24 September 2013.


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