Crab Carcinus maenas

Hansen, J.I., T. Mustafa, and M. Depledge. 1992a. Mechanisms of copper toxicity in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. I. Effects on Na, K-ATPase activity, haemolymph electrolyte concentrations and tissue water contents. Mar. Biol. 114 253-257. 

Nonnotte, L., F. Boitel, and J.P. Truchot. 1993. Waterborne copper causes gill damage and hemolymph hypoxia in the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Canad. Jour. Zool. 71 1569-1576. 

Scott-Fordsmand, J.J. and M.H. Depledge. 1993. The influence of starvation and copper exposure on the composition of the dorsal carapace and distribution of trace metals in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 106C 537-543. 

Truchot, J.P. and F. Boitel. 1992. In vitro and in vivo effects of copper on hemocyanin-02 binding in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 103C 339-343. 

McEboy, A.E. and RD. Colarusso. 1988. Disposition of dietary benzo[a]pyrene in aquatic species winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and green crab (Carcinus maenas). Bull. Mt. Desert Isl. Biol. Lab. 27 45-57. 

Stentiford, G. D. and Feist, S. W., A histopathological survey of shore crab, Carcinus maenas and brown shrimp, Crangon crangon from six estuaries in the United Kingdom, J. Invert. Pathol. 88, 136, 2005. 

Schnapp, D., Schnapp, D., Kemp, G. D., and Smith, V. J. (1996). Purification and characterization of a proline-rich antibacterial peptide, with sequence similarity to bactenecin 7, from the haemocytes of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Eur. J. Biochem. 240,532-539. 

Robertson, J. D. Ionic regulation in the crab Carcinus maenas in relation to the moulting cycle. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 1,183 (1960)... 

Digby, P. S. B. Calcification and its mechanisms in the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 178, 129 (1967)... 

Pereira, M.E., S.N. Abreu, J.P. Coelho, et al. 2006. Seasonal fluctuations of tissue mercury contents in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas from low and high contamination areas (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 52 1450-1457. 

Laporte, J.M., F. Ribeyre, J.R Trachot, and A. Boudou. 1997. Combined effects of water pH and salinity on the bioaccumulation of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 34 880-893. 

Wright, D.L. (1977) The effect of calcium on cadmium uptake by the shore crab Carcinus maenas. J. Exp. Biol. Ecol. 67, 163-165. 

From the observation that the common shore crab (Carcinus maenas, Crustacea, Decapoda) rejects ecdysteroid-containing food, Tomaschko et al. [206] developed an in vivo oesophagus dilation assay, capable of comparing ecdysteroid analogues 20E (EC50 = 1.8 x 10 jVI) and 20E22AC (4.6 x 10 4M). 

Martfn-Dfaz ML, Villena-Lincoln A, Bamber S, Blasco J, DelValls TA. 2005b. An integrated approach using bioaccumulation and biomarker measurements in female shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Chemosphere 58 615-626. 

The choice of which compound is used for the next stages of hydroxylation depends upon the evidence. An enzyme, 3/3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, has been found in the crab Carcinus maenas, which can reversibly... 

Green crab Carcinus maenas >90 >90 n.d. Vale and Sampayo 2002... 

Striking evidence for chiral liquid crystallisation in vivo has been collected by Bouligand and co-workers. Optical micrographs of stained sections of crab (Carcinus maenas) and insect (Locusta migratoria) cuticle for example, reveal the single twist characteristic of the cholesteric mesophase (Figure 6). 

Another true crab, the green crab (Carcinus maenas) is green on the dorsal side, but its ventral color varies by sex. Males of this species are yellow ventrally while females are... 

The first member of the cHH peptide family to be functionally and structurally characterized from crustaceans was the crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (cHH) of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas [77] cHH got its name from the first function ascribed to this neuropeptide, viz. when injected into the haemolymph of a crustacean, there is a consequential and significant rise in the concentration of glucose in the haemolymph that peaks around 2 hours after injection. This is a relatively straight-forward biological assay to perform cHH does, however, also have other functions which will be outlined below. 

H-Pro-Phe-Cys-Asn-Ala-Phe-Thr-Gly-Cys-NH2, a 9-peptide amide first identified in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. In the meantime, CCAP has been identified in many insect species. It stimulates the release of -> adipokinetic hormone from the corpus cardiacum of locusts in vitro. Furthermore, it is thought to be a mediator in the neuronal pathway leading to the ecdysis behavior [J. Stangier et al. Peptides 1988, 9, 795 D. Veelaert et al.. Endocrinology 1997, 138, 138]. 

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