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How many neurons does a crab have? 

Intertidal zone
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Decapoda
Ganglion

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Bimodal breathing in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana 1851 — physiological and morphological studies
J. Halperin, Martín Ansaldo, G.N Pellerano, Carlos Marcelo Luquet 
01 Jul 2000-Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-molecular & Integrative Physiology
24 Citations
These results suggest that C. granulatus is a bimodal breathing crab, active both in water and air.
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Early neurogenesis in the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus and its implication for arthropod relationships.
Beate Mittmann
01 Oct 2002-The Biological Bulletin
28 Citations
The results in the horseshoe crab show a strong similarity to the data from Cupiennius (8).
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The visual pigments of crabs. I: Spectral characteristics
Thomas W. Cronin, Richard B. Forward 
01 Jul 1988-Journal of Comparative Physiology A-neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
131 Citations
Since prior studies have located only retinal in the eyes of crabs, retinal may serve universally as a chromophore in crab visual pigments
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Metal-specific induction of metallothionein isoforms in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in response to single- and mixed-metal exposure.
Marius Brouwer, Daniel Schlenk, Amy H. Ringwood, Thea Brouwer-Hoexum 
01 May 1992-Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
62 Citations
We conclude that the blue crab has four genes that encode different MTs.
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Morphometry and Claw Strength of the Non-nativeAsian Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Andrew Payne, George P. Kraemer 
02 Sep 2013-Northeastern Naturalist
13 Citations
The model provides indirect support for conclusions of an earlier study that suggested Asian Shore Crab dominance was achieved through predation on juvenile recruits of resident crabs such as Carcinus maenas (Green Crab).
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Small- and large-scale effect of the SW Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus on habitat use by migratory shorebirds
Oscar Iribarne, Oscar Iribarne, Martin Bruschetti, Mauricio Escapa, José Bava, Florencia Botto, Jorge L. Gutiérrez, Gabriela Palomo, Kaspar Delhey, Pablo F. Petracci, Antonio Gagliardini 
15 Feb 2005-Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
43 Citations
A field experiment showed that this was not necessarily due to a decrease in the availability of polychaetes near the crab burrows.
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Immunoreactivity in Limulus. II. Studies of serotoninlike immunoreactivity, endogenous serotonin, and serotonin synthesis in the brain and lateral eye
Steven C. Chamberlain, John Pepper, Barbara-Anne Battelle, Gordon A. Wyse, Thomas J. Lewandowski 
15 Sep 1986-The Journal of Comparative Neurology
25 Citations
It is likely that serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain, but not in the lateral eye of the horseshoe crab.
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Neurons that form multiple pattern generators: identification and multiple activity patterns of gastric/pyloric neurons in the crab stomatogastric system
James M. Weimann, Pierre Meyrand, Eve Marder 
01 Jan 1991-Journal of Neurophysiology
250 Citations
These data show that the gastric and pyloric networks in the crab are not separate groups of neurons that independently generate two different rhythmic behaviors.
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Serotonin-immunoreactive neurons and endogenous serotonin in the opisthosomal ventral nerve cord of the horseshoe crab, limulus polyphemus
Benny Washington, Denise E. Higgins, Brenda S. McAdory, Robert F. Newkirk 
08 Sep 1994-The Journal of Comparative Neurology
It has been suggested that serotonin serves as a neurotransmitter in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus.
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Identification of Individual Neurons Reflecting Short- and Long-Term Visual Memory in an Arthropodo
Daniel Tomsic, Martén Berón de Astrada, Julieta Sztarker 
17 Sep 2003-The Journal of Neuroscience
67 Citations
Our results indicate that visual memory in the crab, and possibly other arthropods, including insects, is accounted for by functional changes occurring in neurons originating in the optic lobes.
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A Review of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics in Crab: Present Research, Problems, and Future Perspective
Christian Larbi Ayisi, Andrews Apraku, Gyamfua Afriyie 
01 Dec 2017-Journal of Shellfish Research
19 Citations
From the available literature, it is evident that these immunostimulants have a major role to play in crab culture.
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Histochemical localization of acetylcholinesterase in the lateral eye and brain of Limulus polyphemus: might acetylcholine be a neurotransmitter for lateral inhibition in the lateral eye?
Eric P. Hornstein, Daniel L. Sambursky, Steven C. Chamberlain 
01 Sep 1994-Visual Neuroscience
These results along with the histochemical controls eliminate the possibility that some molecule found in histaminergic neurons accounted for the AChE staining but support the possibility that acetylcholine might be involved as a neurotransmitter in lateral inhibition in the horseshoe crab retina.

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