Resumo
Qualilative and quantitative studies of Isopoda species were made at Mundaú/Manguaba Estuary-Lagoon Complex on the Coast of Alagoas State. Six points were established in order to carry out methodical collections of animals. These collections were made monthly, without interruption, from April, 1990 to March, 1991, in which three families, five genera and seven species of Isopoda were identified. A special key for identification of Isopoda and also diagnosis for each species are presented. Sphaeromatidae Family was the most significant and Cassidinidea fluminensis (Mane-Garzón, 1944), was the species with numerical dominance. Space/time distribution of the species of Isopoda was related to the variation of salinity.
Isopoda; Crustacea; Mundaú/Manguaba; Alagoas; Brazil
Isopoda; Crustacea; Mundaú/Manguaba; Alagoas; Brazil
Isopoda (Crustacea) do complexo estuarino-lagunar Mundaú/Manguaba, Alagoas, Brasil1 1 Contribuição número 789 do Departamento de Zoologia. Universidade Federal do Paraná.
Isopoda (Crustacea) from the estuary-lagoon complex Mundaú/Manguaba, Alagoas, Brasil
Jayme de Loyola e SilvaI; Mônica Dorigo CorreiaII; Hilda Helena SovierzoskiII
IDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Poslal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Bolsista do CNPq
IILaboratório de Ciências do Mar, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57022-970 Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil
ABSTRACT
Qualilative and quantitative studies of Isopoda species were made at Mundaú/Manguaba Estuary-Lagoon Complex on the Coast of Alagoas State. Six points were established in order to carry out methodical collections of animals. These collections were made monthly, without interruption, from April, 1990 to March, 1991, in which three families, five genera and seven species of Isopoda were identified. A special key for identification of Isopoda and also diagnosis for each species are presented. Sphaeromatidae Family was the most significant and Cassidinidea fluminensis (Mane-Garzón, 1944), was the species with numerical dominance. Space/time distribution of the species of Isopoda was related to the variation of salinity.
Key words: Isopoda, Crustacea, Mundaú/Manguaba, Alagoas, Brazil
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Recebido em 18.III.1994; aceito em 03.XI.1994.
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Datas de Publicação
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Publicação nesta coleção
22 Jul 2009 -
Data do Fascículo
1994
Histórico
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Aceito
03 Nov 1994 -
Recebido
18 Mar 1994