• DOI:10.1038/381512A0
Corpus ID: 33166806

Eusociality in a coral-reef shrimp

@article{Duffy1996EusocialityIA,
  title={Eusociality in a coral-reef shrimp},
  author={J. Duffy},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1996},
  volume={381},
  pages={512-514}
}

• J. Duffy
• Published 1996
• Biology
• Nature

THE apex of animal social organization is eusociality, which has three characteristics: overlapping generations, reproductive division of labour, and cooperative care of young1,2. So far, eusociality has been recognized only among social insects and the African mole-rats3–5. Here I report the first case of eusociality in a marine animal. The sponge-dwelling shrimp Synalpheus regalis lives in colonies that may have >300 individuals, but that contain only one reproductive female. Direct… Expand

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