Decline and Local Extinction of Caribbean Eusocial Shrimp

The tropical shrimp genus Synalpheus includes the only eusocial marine animals. In much of the Caribbean, eusocial species have dominated the diverse fauna of sponge-dwelling shrimp in coral rubble for at least the past two decades. Here we document a recent, dramatic decline and apparent local exti...

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Main Authors: Duffy, J. Emmett, Macdonald III, Kenneth S., Hultgren, Kristin M., Chak, Tin Chi Solomon, Rubenstein, Dustin R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572134/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418429
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054637
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