Description of laboratory reared first zoea of Callinectes danae Smith (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae)

Sankarankutty, Cheruparambil; Hong, Sung Yun; Kim, Kwang Bong

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000600006

Abstract

A detailed description of laboratory reared first zoea larva of Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 is given. The larvae utilized for this study were reared in vitro in a special incubator. A comparison with larvae of other species is also attempted.

Decapoda; Portunidae; Callinectes danae; first zoea larva

Description of laboratory reared first zoea of Callinectes danae Smith (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae)

Cheruparambil Sankarankutty^I; Sung Yun Hong^II; Kwang Bong Kim^II

^IDepartamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Praia de Mãe Luiza, Via Costeira, 59014-100 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

^IIDepartment of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University. 608-737 Pusan, Korea

ABSTRACT

A detailed description of laboratory reared first zoea larva of Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 is given. The larvae utilized for this study were reared in vitro in a special incubator. A comparison with larvae of other species is also attempted.

Key words: Decapoda, Portunidae, Callinectes danae, first zoea larva

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The senior author is grateful to CNPq for the fellowship, to Dr. S.Y. Hong for extending an invitation to visit his laboratory and CAPES for providing air passage which facilitated his visit to Korea.

Recebido em 12.XI.1998; aceito em 16.XI.1999.

Bookhout, C.G. & J.D. Costlow Jr. 1977. Larval development of Callinectes similis reared in the laboratory. Bull. Mar. Sci. 27: 704-728.
Churchill, E.P. 1942. The zoeal stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Chesapeake Biol. Lab. 49: 1-26.
Coelho, P.A.; M. Ramos-Porto & T.C.S. Calado. 1986. Litoral do Rio Grande do Norte: Decapoda. Cad. Omêga Univ. Fed. Rural Pernambuco, Sér. Ci. Aquát., Recife, (2): 79-105.
Costlow Jr., J.D. & C.G. Bookhout. 1959. The larval development of Callinectes sapidus Rathbun reared in the laboratory. Biol. Bull. 116: 373-396.
Hopkins, S.H. 1944. The external morphology of the third and fourth zoeal stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Biol. Bull. 87: 145-152.
Sankarankutty, C; A.G. Freire & L.C. Santiago. 1991. On the taxonomy and distribution of Callinectes Stimpson (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) in Rio Grande do Norte. Revta bras. Zool. 5: 7-22.
Sankarankutty, C; A.C. Ferreira; C.S.C. Pinto; F.E.N.V. Barca & M.A. Alencar. 1999. Callinectes maracaiboensis Taissoun (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae), a species common but so far unrecorded from the northeast of Brazil. Revta bras. Zool. 16 (1): 145-150.
Sankarankutty, C; J.E. Lins Oliveira; K.M.F. Cunha; A.C.C. Silva & E.V.G. Arroca. 1995. Further observations on zooplankton of the Potengi estuary (Natal, Brazil), with special reference to the larvae of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). Revta bras. Zool. 12: 273-301.

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
04 June 2009
Date of issue
1999

History

Received
12 Nov 1998
Accepted
16 Nov 1999

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[1] Bookhout, C.G. & J.D. Costlow Jr. 1977. Larval development of Callinectes similis reared in the laboratory. Bull. Mar. Sci. 27: 704-728.

[2] Churchill, E.P. 1942. The zoeal stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Chesapeake Biol. Lab. 49: 1-26.

[3] Coelho, P.A.; M. Ramos-Porto & T.C.S. Calado. 1986. Litoral do Rio Grande do Norte: Decapoda. Cad. Omêga Univ. Fed. Rural Pernambuco, Sér. Ci. Aquát., Recife, (2): 79-105.

[4] Costlow Jr., J.D. & C.G. Bookhout. 1959. The larval development of Callinectes sapidus Rathbun reared in the laboratory. Biol. Bull. 116: 373-396.

[5] Hopkins, S.H. 1944. The external morphology of the third and fourth zoeal stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Biol. Bull. 87: 145-152.

[6] Sankarankutty, C; A.G. Freire & L.C. Santiago. 1991. On the taxonomy and distribution of Callinectes Stimpson (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) in Rio Grande do Norte. Revta bras. Zool. 5: 7-22.

[7] Sankarankutty, C; A.C. Ferreira; C.S.C. Pinto; F.E.N.V. Barca & M.A. Alencar. 1999. Callinectes maracaiboensis Taissoun (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae), a species common but so far unrecorded from the northeast of Brazil. Revta bras. Zool. 16 (1): 145-150.

[8] Sankarankutty, C; J.E. Lins Oliveira; K.M.F. Cunha; A.C.C. Silva & E.V.G. Arroca. 1995. Further observations on zooplankton of the Potengi estuary (Natal, Brazil), with special reference to the larvae of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). Revta bras. Zool. 12: 273-301.