Sentences with phrase «snapping shrimp species»

This work suggests that in snapping shrimp species that are less cooperative, female - female conflict within the colony has selected for queens that retain weapons at a significant cost to fecundity.

To find out, Bornbusch and colleagues determined fighting claw mass and egg number of 353 egg - bearing females from 221 colonies of six eusocial snapping shrimp species in the Caribbean.

In queens of snapping shrimp species that are weakly eusocial, the researchers found strong trade - offs between fighting claw mass and egg number.

Not exact matches

Amongst species of colonial snapping shrimp, the capacity for defense versus reproduction in queens varies with the level of cooperation, according to a study published March 14, 2018 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Sally Bornbusch from Duke University, USA, and colleagues.

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Depending upon the whim of the author or the exact species, the «snapping shrimp» may be called a snapping shrimp, mantis shrimp, mantid shrimp, p.istol shrimp, etc. even though technically it isn't even a shrimp.