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: J Emmett Duffy, Kenneth S Macdonald, Kristin M Hultgren, Tin Chi Solomon Chak, Dustin R Rubenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23418429/pdf/?tool=EBI