*Alpheus platycheirus* Boone, 1927 (Decapoda, Alpheidae) is a snapping shrimp widely distributed in the western Atlantic, from the Gulf of Mexico to eastern Brazil. This shrimp usually inhabits muddy marine bottoms; however, here we record for the …
Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory describes the ecophysiology of individuals and distinguishes between the biomass of an organism that functions as an energy reserve and as a structure. DEB theory offers a robust framework to infer and contrast …
*Thalassia testudinum* and *Halodule wrigthii* are the dominant seagrasses in the Caribbean, being common across shallow shorelines, either as monospecific or as intermixed meadows. Among the macrofauna associated with these beds, crustaceans are …
The presence of the aeolidacean *Dondice parguerensis* Brandon and Cutress, 1985, parasite of the cnidaria *Cassiopea xamachana* Bigelow, 1892 and *Cassiopea frondosa* (Pallas, 1774) is recorded for the first time in Venezuela. It was previously …