Exoskeletal Trade-off between Claws and Carapace in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Decapod Crustaceans
Boongho Cho,
Hyein Seo,
Junyoung Hong
et al.
Abstract:Limitations on energetic resources create evolutionary trade-offs, prompting us to investigate if investment in claw strength remains consistent across crustaceans living in diverse habitats. Decapod crustaceans living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents are ideal for this study due to their extreme environment. In this study, we investigated whether decapods (blind crab Austinograea sp. and the squat lobster Munidopsis lauensis) living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents prioritize investing in strong claws compared to… Show more
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