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Species of crustacean
Epilobocera sinuatifrons
[3] is a
freshwater
crab
[4] of the family
Epiloboceridae .
[2] The species is widely distributed in streams of
Puerto Rico and occurs also on
Saint Croix (the U.S. Virgin Islands).
[1]
[5]
[6]
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]
See also
References
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b 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 .
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"Epilobocera sinuatifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866)" . WoRMS .
World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 25 June 2021 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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b 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 .
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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.