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This volume honours Michael Türkay for his contributions to the study of decapod crustaceans. It consists of 32 papers, mainly relating to Decapoda, that deal with topics as diverse as taxonomy, systematics, zoogeography, morphology, palaeontology, genetics, general biology and ecology.
About the author
Célio Magalhães, Dr. (1991), Universidade de São Paulo, is a research scientist at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Manaus. He has published articles and book chapters on the taxonomy and systematics of Neotropical freshwater decapods.
Carola Becker, Dr. (2011) has worked in projects at Research Institute Senckenberg (Frankfurt, Germany), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Germany) and Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom). Her main research interest is the phylogeny, morphology and reproduction of decapod crustaceans.
Peter J. F. Davie, BSc., MSc. (1987), is a Senior Curator at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane. He is a taxonomist specialising in Indo-Pacific decapods, particularly crabs, and was a major contributor and editor of the Brachyuran volumes of Treatise on Zoology.
Sven Klimpel Dr. (2003), is Professor at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) and the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main.
Pedro Martínez-Arbizu, Dr. (2000), Universität Oldenburg, is a professor and Director of the German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research at Senckenberg am Meer in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He is editor in Chief of the
Journal Marine Biodiversity. He has published on taxonomy and systematics of Copepoda and marine Meiofauna.
Moritz Sonnewald, Dr., is working as project manager and coordinator of the Red Sea Biodiversity Project at the Senckenberg Research Institute since 2015. He is also an expert of the marine biodiversity of the North Sea.
