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- Title
Extended Parental Care in the Freshwater Shrimp Genus Dugastella Bouvier, 1912 (Decapoda, Atyidae, Paratyinae).
- Authors
Huguet, D.; Muñoz, J. E. García; Raso, J. E. García; Cuesta, J. A.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which seeks to confirm if Dugastella marocana Bouvier, a species of freshwater shrimp genus Dugastella Bouvier, demonstrates extended parental care behavior. The study examines the specimens collected at Oum er Rbia River in Marrakech, Morocco, which shows that female bore its larvae in its incubation chamber. The study reveals that the presence of larvae in the abdominal brood pouches of the species confirms extended parental care behavior of Dugastella marocana.
- Subjects
MARRAKECH (Morocco); MOROCCO; SHRIMPS; PARENTAL behavior in animals; LARVAE; ANIMAL behavior
- Publication
Crustaceana, 2011, Vol 84, Issue 2, p251
- ISSN
0011-216X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/001121610X546733