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IT is widely believed that there are no semi-terrestrial or terrestrial species of shrimps and prawns (order Decapoda: suborder Natantia)1, but I now report that the shrimp, Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun, 1900) (family Hippolytidae), is semi-terrestrial. It seems to have evolved behavioural adaptations which have allowed invasion of the terrestrial environment.
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ABELE, L. Semi-terrestrial Shrimp (Merguia rhizophorae). Nature 226, 661–662 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226661a0
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