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Touch-sensitive bristles on the carapace of the mud crab Scylla paramamosain may be receptors for courtship signals
(Springer, 2020-11-17)
Bristle patches on the carapace behind the eyes were found for the first time in both males and females of the four species of mud crab Scylla spp. Electrocardiography revealed that the bristle patches of Scylla paramamosain ...
Behavioural evidence for colour vision determined by conditioning in the purple mud crab Scylla tranquebarica
(Springer Verlag, 2020-01-04)
Crabs and shrimps (order Decapoda) use colours in various tasks such as foraging and mate choice. Colour vision requires at least two types of photoreceptors with different spectral sensitivities. Previous physiological ...