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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Evidence of Cheliped Autotomy and Regeneration in the Lower Miocene Crab

Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Pedro Marrecas

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Carlos Neto de CarvalhoServiço de Sustentabilidade e Proteção Do Património Natural Da Câmara Municipal de Idanha-a-Nova; Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark Centro Cultural Raiano Idanha-a-Nova Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3365-6626
Pedro MarrecasSociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia Rua João Luis de Moura Lourinhã Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autotomy-the voluntary shedding of a limb as a defensive response to predation, intraspecific aggression, or infection-followed by regeneration during subsequent molting is a common behavior among decapod crustaceans. In the fossil record, however, evidence of this behavior is typically indirect and difficult to verify. In this study, we report compelling cases of autotomy, in at least one case followed by limb regeneration in

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autotomyBrachyuradefensive behaviorlower MiocenepathologiesPortugal

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