Larval development of Hexapanopeus paulensis Rathbun, 1930 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthidae) under laboratory conditions

Fransozo, Adilson; Mantelatto, Fernando Luiz Medina; Negreiros-Fransozo, Maria Lucia

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751990000200002

Abstract

Four zoeal stages and one megalopa stage of Hexapanopeus paulensis Rathbun, 1930 were obtained from eggs of ovigerous females from the northern coast of São Paulo State, Brazil. The experiments were performed in a climatically controlled room at 24 ±1 ºC at a salinity of 34.5%, and the animals were fed with newly hatched Artemia salina nauplii. All larval stages are illustrated and described in detail. The complete larval development consists of 4 zoeal stages and 1 megalopal stage. The main morphological characters that allow the identification of the zoeae and megalopa of H. paulensis are analyzed with respect to the other species of Xanthidae's family from southern and southeastern Brazilian coast.

Larval development of Hexapanopeus paulensis Rathbun, 1930 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthidae) under laboratory conditions

Adilson Fransozo; Fernando Luiz Medina Mantelatto; Maria Lucia Negreiros-Fransozo

Departamento de Zoologia - Instituto de Biociências - UNESP - "Campus de Botucatu, C.P. 502 - CEP 18610, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Four zoeal stages and one megalopa stage of Hexapanopeus paulensis Rathbun, 1930 were obtained from eggs of ovigerous females from the northern coast of São Paulo State, Brazil. The experiments were performed in a climatically controlled room at 24 ±1 ºC at a salinity of 34.5%, and the animals were fed with newly hatched Artemia salina nauplii. All larval stages are illustrated and described in detail. The complete larval development consists of 4 zoeal stages and 1 megalopal stage.

The main morphological characters that allow the identification of the zoeae and megalopa of H. paulensis are analyzed with respect to the other species of Xanthidae's family from southern and southeastern Brazilian coast.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are thank to the "Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - (CNPq)" and to the "Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da UNESP - FUNDUNESP" for the finnancial support. We are extremely gratefull to Dr. Gustavo A.S. de Melo, Museu de Zoologia da USP, for the identification of the species.

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AIKAWA, H. 1933. On larval forms of some Brachyura, paper II; a note on indeterminable zoeas. Rec. Oceanogr. Wks. Japan 5:124-254.
AIKAWA, H. 1937. Further notes on brachyuran larvae. Rec. Oceanogr. Wks. Japan, 12:117-120.
COSTLOW, J.D., Jr. & C.G. BOOKHOUT 1961. The larval stages of Panopeus herbstii Milne-Edwards reared in the laboratory. Jour. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 77:33-42.
COSTLOW, J.D., Jr & C.G. BOOKHOUT 1966. Larval development of the crab Hexapanopeus angustifrons. Chesapeake Sci., 7 (3):148-156.
FRANSOZO, A. 1987. Desenvolvimento larval de Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (Decapoda, Xanthidae) em laboratório. Revta. Bras. Zool., São Paulo, 4 (3):165-179.
FRANSOZO, A. & N.J. HEBLING, 1982. Desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (Decapoda, Majidae) em laboratório. Ciên. Cult., 34 (3):385-395.
FRANSOZO, A. & N.J. HEBLING, 1986. Desenvolvimento larval de Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum Randall, 1840 (Decapoda, Grapsidae) em laboratório. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 46 (2):353-364.
FRANSOZO, A. & M.L. NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO 1986. Influência da salinidade no desenvolvimento larval de Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) e Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum Randall, 1840 (Crustacea, Decapoda) em laboratório. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 46 (2):439-446.
HYMAN, O.W. 1925. Studies on the larvae of the crabs of the family Xanthidae. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 67:1-22.
INGLE, R.W. 1985. Larval development of the mud crab Panopeus occidentalis de Saussure, from Bermuda (Crustacea: Xanthoidea: Panopeidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.), 48 (4):233-248.
KURATA, H.; R.W. HEARD & J.W. MARTIN, 1981. Larval development under laboratory conditions of the xanthidae mud crab Eurytium limosum (Say, 1818) (Brachyura: Xanthidae) from Georgia. Gulf. Res. Repts., 7(1):19-25.
LEBOUR, M.V. 1928. The larval stages of the Plymouth Brachyura. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 14:473-560.
LEBOUR, M.V. 1944. Larval crabs from Bermuda. Zoologica, 29:113-128.
MARTIN, J.W. 1984. Notes and bibliography on the larvae of xanthid crabs, with a key to the know xanthid zoeas of the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Bull. mar. Sci., 34 (2):220-239.
MARTIN, J.W.; F.M. TRUESDALE & D.L. FELDER, 1985. Larval development of Panopeus bermudensis Benedict & Rathbun, 1891 (Brachyura, Xanthidae) with notes on zoeal characters in xanthid crabs. J. Crust. Biol., 5 (1):84-105.
MELO, G.A.S. 1985. Taxonomia e padrões distribucionais ecológicos dos Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) do litoral sudeste do Brasil. 215 pp. USP - São Paulo (Tese de Doutorado).
MONTÚ, M.; K. ANGER; C. DE BAKKER; V. ANGER & L.L. FERNANDES 1988. Larval development of the Brazilian mud crab Panopeus austrobesus Willians, 1983 (Decapoda: Xanthidae) reared in the laboratory. J. Crust. Biol., 8 (4):594-613.
NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L. 1986. Desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857 (Decapoda, Xanthidae) em laboratório. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 46 (1):173-188.
NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L., 1986a. Desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de Eurypanopeus abbreviatus (Stimpson, 1860) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthidae) em laboratório. Bolm. Zool., Univ. S.Paulo, 10:19-39.
NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L. & A. FRANSOZO (in press). The effect of salinity on the post-embryonic development of Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857 and Eurypanopeus abbreviatus (Stimpson, 1860) (Crustacea, Xanthidae). Atlantica
NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L.; A. FRANSOZO & N.J. HEBLING, 1989. Larval development of Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794) (Brachyura, Leucosiidae) under laboratory conditions. Crustaceana, 57 (2):177-193.
RICE, A.L. 1980. Crab zoeal morphology and its bearing on the classification of the Brachyura. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 35:271-424.
SANDIFER, P.A. 1974. Larval stages of the crab Filumnus dasypodus Kingsley (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthidae) obtained in the laboratory. Bull. Mar. Sci., 24:378-391.
SCOTTO, L.E. 1979. Larval development of the Cuban Stone crab, Menippe nodifrons (Brachyura, Xanthidae) under laboratory conditions with notes on the status of the family Menippidae. Fish. Bull., 77 (2):359-386.
WEAR, R.G., 1970. Notes and bibliography on the larvae of xanthid crabs. Pacif. Sci., 24:84-89.

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1990

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[1] AIKAWA, H. 1929. On the larval forms of some Brachyura. Rec. Oceanogr. Wks. Japan 2:17-55.

[2] AIKAWA, H. 1933. On larval forms of some Brachyura, paper II; a note on indeterminable zoeas. Rec. Oceanogr. Wks. Japan 5:124-254.

[3] AIKAWA, H. 1937. Further notes on brachyuran larvae. Rec. Oceanogr. Wks. Japan, 12:117-120.

[4] COSTLOW, J.D., Jr. & C.G. BOOKHOUT 1961. The larval stages of Panopeus herbstii Milne-Edwards reared in the laboratory. Jour. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 77:33-42.

[5] COSTLOW, J.D., Jr & C.G. BOOKHOUT 1966. Larval development of the crab Hexapanopeus angustifrons. Chesapeake Sci., 7 (3):148-156.

[6] FRANSOZO, A. 1987. Desenvolvimento larval de Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (Decapoda, Xanthidae) em laboratório. Revta. Bras. Zool., São Paulo, 4 (3):165-179.

[7] FRANSOZO, A. & N.J. HEBLING, 1982. Desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) (Decapoda, Majidae) em laboratório. Ciên. Cult., 34 (3):385-395.

[8] FRANSOZO, A. & N.J. HEBLING, 1986. Desenvolvimento larval de Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum Randall, 1840 (Decapoda, Grapsidae) em laboratório. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 46 (2):353-364.

[9] FRANSOZO, A. & M.L. NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO 1986. Influência da salinidade no desenvolvimento larval de Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) e Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum Randall, 1840 (Crustacea, Decapoda) em laboratório. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 46 (2):439-446.

[10] HYMAN, O.W. 1925. Studies on the larvae of the crabs of the family Xanthidae. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 67:1-22.

[11] INGLE, R.W. 1985. Larval development of the mud crab Panopeus occidentalis de Saussure, from Bermuda (Crustacea: Xanthoidea: Panopeidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.), 48 (4):233-248.

[12] KURATA, H.; R.W. HEARD & J.W. MARTIN, 1981. Larval development under laboratory conditions of the xanthidae mud crab Eurytium limosum (Say, 1818) (Brachyura: Xanthidae) from Georgia. Gulf. Res. Repts., 7(1):19-25.

[13] LEBOUR, M.V. 1928. The larval stages of the Plymouth Brachyura. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 14:473-560.

[14] LEBOUR, M.V. 1944. Larval crabs from Bermuda. Zoologica, 29:113-128.

[15] MARTIN, J.W. 1984. Notes and bibliography on the larvae of xanthid crabs, with a key to the know xanthid zoeas of the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Bull. mar. Sci., 34 (2):220-239.

[16] MARTIN, J.W.; F.M. TRUESDALE & D.L. FELDER, 1985. Larval development of Panopeus bermudensis Benedict & Rathbun, 1891 (Brachyura, Xanthidae) with notes on zoeal characters in xanthid crabs. J. Crust. Biol., 5 (1):84-105.

[17] MELO, G.A.S. 1985. Taxonomia e padrões distribucionais ecológicos dos Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) do litoral sudeste do Brasil. 215 pp. USP - São Paulo (Tese de Doutorado).

[18] MONTÚ, M.; K. ANGER; C. DE BAKKER; V. ANGER & L.L. FERNANDES 1988. Larval development of the Brazilian mud crab Panopeus austrobesus Willians, 1983 (Decapoda: Xanthidae) reared in the laboratory. J. Crust. Biol., 8 (4):594-613.

[19] NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L. 1986. Desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857 (Decapoda, Xanthidae) em laboratório. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 46 (1):173-188.

[20] NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L., 1986a. Desenvolvimento pós-embrionário de Eurypanopeus abbreviatus (Stimpson, 1860) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthidae) em laboratório. Bolm. Zool., Univ. S.Paulo, 10:19-39.

[21] NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L. & A. FRANSOZO (in press). The effect of salinity on the post-embryonic development of Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857 and Eurypanopeus abbreviatus (Stimpson, 1860) (Crustacea, Xanthidae). Atlantica

[22] NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, M.L.; A. FRANSOZO & N.J. HEBLING, 1989. Larval development of Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794) (Brachyura, Leucosiidae) under laboratory conditions. Crustaceana, 57 (2):177-193.

[23] RICE, A.L. 1980. Crab zoeal morphology and its bearing on the classification of the Brachyura. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 35:271-424.

[24] SANDIFER, P.A. 1974. Larval stages of the crab Filumnus dasypodus Kingsley (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthidae) obtained in the laboratory. Bull. Mar. Sci., 24:378-391.

[25] SCOTTO, L.E. 1979. Larval development of the Cuban Stone crab, Menippe nodifrons (Brachyura, Xanthidae) under laboratory conditions with notes on the status of the family Menippidae. Fish. Bull., 77 (2):359-386.

[26] WEAR, R.G., 1970. Notes and bibliography on the larvae of xanthid crabs. Pacif. Sci., 24:84-89.