Portunus trituberculatus is a very important marine economic species, and its aquaculture industry has been developing rapidly. However, the phenomenon of marine wild capture of P. trituberculatus and germplasm degradation has become increasingly ser...
Portunus trituberculatus holds significant economic value. The spermatogenesis is regulated by numerous signaling pathways. Among them, the TGF-β signaling pathway plays an important role in the development of testes and spermatogenesis. Smad4 i...
Territorial behavior of animals is affected by numerous factors, one being the number of intruders. The swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus), an important commercial and ecological species on the continental shelf of Asia, usually needs to defend...
The swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) is an economically important marine crab species in China. Understanding the structure and function of the male reproductive system in the swimming crab is crucial for increasing reproductive efficiency. A...
Portunus trituberculatus is an important invertebrate species distributed in the Yangtze Estuary. However, its biomass and enrichment have been affected seriously by ongoing human activity in recent decades. The length-based Bayesian biomass estimato...
Boldness of personality is an important theme in animal behavior and has significant ecological and evolutionary consequences. Studies on boldness in crustaceans typically focus on their behavior, while relatively few studies have focused on the form...
Background: Anxiety refers to the pathological persistence and intensification of emotional responses to danger, affecting health from psychological and physical aspects. Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter involved in the onset of anxiety. Me...
The toxic effect and differences of Cr(VI) on superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, MDA, and metallothionein (MT) content in the hepatopancreas and gill of Portunus trituberculatus were investigated during Cr(VI) enrichment (15 days) and release exper...
Vibrio parahaemolyticus belongs to an expanding group of aquatic pathogens that are widely distributed in aquatic environments. This species is a lethal pathogen for a number of economically important marine crabs. However, studies exploring host&nda...
The parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium is an infectious pathogen that causes severe enzootic in numerous economically important marine crustaceans worldwide. Previous research has focused on investigating the identification and life stages of Hema...
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the main pathogenic bacteria of Portunus trituberculatus and causes mass mortality of P. trituberculatus in aquaculture. In addition, low-salinity stimulation makes P. trituberculatus more susceptible to V. parahaemo...
This study addresses the challenges of manual measurement bias and low robustness in detecting small, occluded targets in complex marine environments during real-time onboard sorting of Portunus trituberculatus. We propose YOLO-DFAM, an enhanced YOLO...
The swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus is one of the most important economic species in China and its mature ovary often determines its commercial value and production. Although the ovary maturation of crustaceans is generally affected by exogeno...
This study systematically evaluated the dynamic habitat suitability of Portunus trituberculatus in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea region (referred to herein as the East Yellow Sea region for brevity) under climate change impacts by integrating...
The neuropeptide corazonin (Crz) exerts diverse physiological effects in insects, yet its role in crustaceans remains elusive. The abundant expression of Crz receptor (CrzR) in the Y-organs of several crustaceans suggests a potential involvement of C...
To investigate the effect of steaming time (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 min) on the protein degradation and non-volatile flavor substances of swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus), the moisture content, total nitrogen (TN), non-protein nitrogen (NPN)...
The swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus, is an important mariculture crustacean species in China. To quantitatively characterize its discontinuous and biphasic growth under intensive aquaculture conditions, we developed a modified growth model ba...
The boldness and exploration of animals are closely related to their territoriality, with relevant studies having important applications in wildlife conservation. The present study establishes a behavior observation system measuring the boldness and...
Aggressiveness is one of the personality traits of crustaceans, playing a crucial role in their growth, life history, and adaptability by influencing resource acquisition. However, the neuroregulatory mechanisms of aggressiveness in crustaceans remai...
The Sry-related HMG-box (Sox) family is a group of transcriptional regulators that play a critical role in many important developmental processes in both vertebrates and invertebrates. In aquatic animals, the function of Sox genes on sexual developme...
Portunus trituberculatus eggs contain phospholipids, whose components and bioactivity are unclear. Here, we investigated the fatty acid composition of phosphatidylserine from P. trituberculatus eggs (Pt-PS). Moreover, its effects on insulin resistanc...
A C-type lectin (PtCLec2) from Portunus trituberculatus was identified for characterization of its role in defense and innate immunity. PtCLec2 contains a single carbohydrate-recognition domain (CRD) with a conserved QPD motif, which was predicted to...
The swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) is an economically important species in China, and its growth traits show obvious sexual dimorphism. Thus, it is important to study the mechanism of sex determination and differentiation in this species. H...
To investigate the morphological traits of different sexes during the early development stage of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus, the genetic sex of 405 crablets from stages C I–V was determined using sex-linked molecular markers. Th...
Individual differences in metabolism and agonistic behavior have been a key research area in evolution and ecology recently. In this study, we investigated the boldness of swimming crabs Portunus trituberculatus and explored the agonistic behavior be...
PT-peptide is derived from the anti-lipopolysaccharide factor of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus. The peptide, consisting of 34 amino acids, contains a lipopolysaccharide binding domain. In this study, we investigated the effect of PT-pept...
Wnt genes encode a family of secretory glycoproteins that are involved in various stages of organ development through regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation, and growth. Recently, Wnt genes have been shown to play an important role in rege...
There are resourceful phospholipids in the eggs of the crab, Portunus trituberculatus (Pt-PL). However, their components and bioactivities regarding obesity were unclear. Here, we investigated the composition of Pt-PL and their fatty acids. Moreover,...
Cytoplasmic Dynein is a multiple-subunit macromolecular motor protein involved in the transport process of cells. The Dynein intermediate chain (DIC) is one of the subunits of Dynein-1. In our previous studies, we showed that Pt-DIC may play an impor...
It has been shown in recent studies that the crustacean female sex hormone (CFSH) plays a crucial role in the development of secondary sexual characteristics in Decapoda crustaceans. However, research on the function of CFSH in the eyestalk-AG-testic...
Nitrite is a common pollutant encountered in aquaculture systems. During intensive hatchery, accumulation of nitrite can cause massive mortality of juvenile crustaceans. However, the nitrite toxicity and cellular stress responses in juvenile crustace...
This study aimed to assess the influence of varying dietary levels of astaxanthin (AST) on the growth, antioxidant capacity and lipid metabolism of juvenile swimming crabs. Six diets were formulated to contain different AST levels, and the analyzed c...
Substratum preference is shown to be the most important factor influencing crab distribution. Characterizing habitat selection of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus provides crucial information for the successful management of this commercial...
Color preference testing for animals is a prerequisite for optimizing facilities and ensuring animal welfare in aquaculture. Swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus) are aggressive, and shelters are often installed in ponds to reduce the high mortal...
Dynein is a motor protein with multiple transport functions. However, dynein’s role in crustacean testis is still unknown. We cloned the full-length cDNA of cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain (Pt-dhc) gene and its structure was analyzed. Its expres...
We sought to develop and evaluate an escape vent designed for undersized swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus) to reduce bycatch, contributing to the preservation of marine resources. To this end, we conducted aquarium experiments and selectivity...
The journal retracts the article titled “Influences of Cr(VI) on SOD Activity, MDA, and MT Content in the Hepatopancreas and Gill of Portunus trituberculatus” [...]
A 19-day experiment was conducted to investigate the optimal light intensity and photoperiod combination for larval swimming crabs Portunus trituberculatus in terms of survival, development, and apoptosis-related gene expression. Two photoperiods, i....
The storage quality and microbiome analysis of pickled swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus) stored at 20 and 4 °C were investigated. It showed that samples stored at 4 °C had a longer shelf life, lower total viable count (TVC), pH, and t...
Ammonia is a significant concern during hatchery culture in brachyuran species, and its accumulation may lead to abortive moulting and large-scale deaths of the early juveniles. To date, the underlying mechanism for ammonia-induced alteration of the...
Methyl farnesoate (MF), a crucial sesquiterpenoid hormone, plays a pivotal role in the reproduction of female crustaceans, particularly in the vitellogenesis process. Despite extensive research on its functions, the molecular mechanisms that regulate...
The microbial structure and metabolic potential, particularly with regard to nitrogen (N) cycling, in integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) ponds with shrimp remain unclear. In this study, an analysis of microbial community taxonomic diversity a...
Bionic-legged robots draw inspiration from animal locomotion methods and structures, demonstrating the potential to traverse irregular and unstructured environments. The ability of Portunus trituberculatus (Portunus) to run flexibly and quickly in am...
Portunus trituberculatus is an important economic species of crab that is artificially bred and released in the Yangtze River Estuary and its adjacent sea areas. Based on six microsatellite markers, we investigate the genetic diversity and structure...
Marine islands play a crucial role in marine ecosystems. The waters of the Wangjiadao islands, which are located in the Northern Yellow Sea, are one of the typical island ecosystems. Sea cucumbers and shellfish are important target species, but infor...
The potential of N-terminal mitochondrial-targeting sequences (MTSs) as potent antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) has been previously reported. Building on this, 3923 mitochondrial proteins were identified from various marine organisms, among which 470 MT...
Assessing fishery resources is crucial for sustainable marine ecosystem management and the operation of fisheries. This study integrates trawl surveys, environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis, and scientific echo sounder techniques to analyze the fishery r...
The objective of this study is to innovatively evaluate the biochemistry performance of α-chitosan from Portunus trituberculatus shell and β-chitosan from Illex argentinus squid gladius by using the weighted composite index method, and provide a theo...
In this study, a method for the determination of eight biogenic amines (BAs), including tyramine (Tyr), 2-phenylethylamine (2-Phe), histamine (His), tryptamine (Trp), spermidine (Spd), spermine (Spm), cadaverine (Cad), and putrescine (Put), in crab w...
In light of the ongoing depletion of global fishery resources, there has been a growing trend towards increasing the scope of stock enhancement activities. The objective of these efforts is to replenish the diminishing fishery resources and restore t...
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