Neurobiology of the Anomura: Paguroidea, Galatheoidea and Hippoidea

摘要: Paul, D.H. 2003. Neurobiology of the Anomura: Paguroidea, Galatheoidea and Hippoidea. In: Lemaitre, R., Tudge, C.C. (eds), Biology Anomura. Proceedings a symposium at Fifth International Crustacean Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 9‐13 July 2001. Memoirs Museum Victoria 60(1): 3‐11. Anomurans are valuable subjects for neurobiological investigations because their diverse body forms behaviours. Comparative analyses posture locomotion in members different families reveal that peripheral differences (in skeleton musculature) account much behavioural between hermit crabs macrurans (crayfish), squat lobsters crayfish, hippoid sand lobsters, albuneid hippid crabs, there correlated central nervous systems. The order evolutionary change discrete neural characters can be reconstructed by mapping them onto phylogeny obtained from other kinds data, such as molecular morphological. Such phylogenies provide information about ways which evolution has operated. They also useful developing hypotheses function specific elements individual species would not forthcoming research on single alone. Finally, comparative data constitute largely untapped reservoir anomuran biology relationships that, more becomes available, may helpful systematics phylogenetics.