Figure 1 in Sex change and reproductive output of the protandric shrimp Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun, 1900) (Decapoda, Merguiidae)

Figure 1. (a) Occurrence of Merguia rhizophorae along the western Atlantic. The red circle shows Vaza- Barris estuarine region of Sergipe State, northeastern coast of Brazil and blue circle shows the previous records of the species (obtained from literature and Global Biodiversity Information Facility – GBIF; http://www.gbif.org); (b–c) Sampling site in a fringe mangrove forest; (d) Excavation of the burrows using a spatula; (e) Burrows (white arrows) inhabited by mud shrimps (yellow arrow) distributed on the sediment of the intertidal zone; (f) lateral view of Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun 1900). Photo credits: Douglas F.R. Alves.