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Table 1 The number of decapod species found in or around modern coral habitats. The cold, deep-water coral environments overlap in terms of depth with the inferred depth of the Paleocene (Danian) Faxe coral-bearing deposits in Denmark (200–400 m, [13]). For comparison, species richness is also shown for some shallow-water, tropical coral reefs

From: Evolution of body size, vision, and biodiversity of coral-associated organisms: evidence from fossil crustaceans in cold-water coral and tropical coral ecosystems

Closest country/region

Water depth (m)

Number of species

True crabs (Brachyura)

Squat lobsters (Galatheoidea)

Other lobsters

Shrimps (Penaeoidea)

Shrimps (Caridea)

Hermit crabs (Paguroidea)

Other Anomura

Reference

Norway

240–290

3

1

1

    

1

[32]

Norway (Sula)

275–295

5

 

1

  

4

  

[128]

Italy

350–1100

7

1

 

2

2

2

  

[36]

Italy (Sardinia)

380–460

7

4

1

  

2

  

[40]

Italya

280–1121

20

7

2

2

3

6

  

[35]

USA (Alaska)

161–365

2+

       

[33]

Colombia (Caribbean)

200–220

27

14

1

  

5

6

1

[129]

Canada

246–630

2

       

[15]

Panama (Pacific, 3 localities)b

2, shallow subtidal

37–55

       

[69, 130, 131]

Cuba (reef flat, 3 localities)

≤5

36–40

       

[132]

W Australia (3 localities)b

≤2

26–32

       

[133]

Central Pacific (5 localities)b

10

68–191

       

[134]

  1. alarge area and depth range, bcollecting from corals only