Reproductive period of the swimming crab Callinectes danae at the Santa Cruz Channel, a highly productive tropical estuary in Brazil

Araújo, Marina de Sá Leitão Câmara de; Negromonte, Aurinete de Oliveira; Barreto, Aline do Vale

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze reproductive aspects of Callinectes danae in one of the most productive estuarine systems in the Northeast Brazil, Santa Cruz Channel. A total of 1.573 individuals, being 756 females (23 ovigerous) and 817 males were examined from January to December 2009. Mature males and females, as well as couples of C. danae, occurred in all months of the year. Ovigerous females occurred in nearly all months. The reproductive activity, based on the macroscopic observation of the gonads, occurs continuously, with distinguishable peaks in February, March and September. Ovigerous females were only recorded nearest to the sea, while couples were only in the inner estuary. Thus, a migration pattern is proposed, with couples mating inside the estuary, followed by a migration of females to the area of greater marine influence for egg laying and, probably, larval release. After this, probably the females of do not return to the estuary, characterizing habitat partitioning. The present study is the first contribution on the reproductive period of C. danae in an estuarine ecosystem of the Brazilian northeast coast, and elucidates some aspects of its reproductive behavior.

Brachyura; breeding season; reproductive migration

Araújo, M.S.L.C.; Barreto, A.V.; Negromonte, A.O. and Schwamborn, R. 2012. Population ecology of the blue crab Callinectes danae (Crustacea: Portunidae) in a Brazilian tropical estuary. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 84(1): 1-9.
Baptista, C.; Pinheiro, M.A.A.; Blankensteyn, A. and Borzone, C.A. 2003. Estrutura populacional de Callinectes ornatus Ordway (Crustacea, Portunidae) no Balneário Shangri-Lá, Pontal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 20(4): 661-666.
Baptista-Metri, C.; Pinheiro, M.A.A.; Blankensteyn, A. and Borzone, C.A. 2005. Biologia populacional e reprodutiva de Callinectes danae Smith (Crustacea: Portunidae), no Balneário Shangri-lá, Pontal do Paraná (PR), Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 22(2): 446-453.
Barreto, A.V.; Leite, L.M.A.B. and Aguiar, M.C.A. 2006. Maturidade sexual das fêmeas de Callinectes danae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) nos estuários dos rios Botafogo e Carrapicho, Itamaracá, PE, Brasil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 96(2): 141-146.
Batoy, C.B.; Camargo, J.F. and Pilapil, B.C. 1987. Breeding season, sexual maturity and fecundity of the blue crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.) in selected coastal waters in Leyte and vicinity, Philippines. Annals of Tropical Research, 9: 157-177.
Branco, J.O. and Fracasso, H.A.A. 2004. Biologia populacional de Callinectes ornatus (Ordway) na Armação de Itapocoroy, Penha, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 21(1): 91-96.
Branco, J.O. and Lunardon-Branco, M.J. 1993. Crescimento e tamanho de primeira maturação em Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 (Decapoda, Portunidae) da região de Matinhos, Paraná, Brasil. Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia, 36(3): 497-503.
Branco, J.O. and Masunari, S. 2000. Reproductive ecology of the blue crab Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 in the Conceição Lagoon system, Santa Catarina Isle, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 60(1): 17-27.
Calado, T.C. and Sousa, E.C. 2003. Crustáceos do Complexo Estuarino-Lagunar Mundaú/Manguaba, Alagoas. Maceió, FAPEAL, 116p.
Carr, W.E.S.1988. The molecular nature of chemical stimuli in the aquatic environment. p. 2-37. In: J. Atema, R.R. Fay, A.N. Popper and W.N. Tavolga (eds), Sensory biology of aquatic animals. New York, Springer – Verlag.
Chacur, M.M.; Mansur, C.B. and Negreiros-Fransozo, M.L. 2000. Distributional patterns, seasonal abundance and moult cycle of Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 in the Ubatuba region, Brazil. Nauplius, 8(2): 215-226.
Choy, S.C. 1988. Reproductive biology of Liocarcinus puber and Liocarcinus holsatus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from the Gower Peninsula, South Wales. Marine Ecology, 9(3): 227-241.
Cobo, V.J. and Fransozo, A. 2000. Fecundity and reproduction period of the red mangrove crab Goniopsis cruentata (Brachyura, Grapsidae) São Paulo State, Brazil. p. 527-533. In: J.C.V. Klein and F.R. Schram (eds), Crustacean Issues, The Biodiversity Crisis and Crustacea, Vol.12, Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema.
Costa, T.M. and Negreiros-Fransozo, M.L. 1998. The reproductive cycle of Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 (Decapoda, Portunidae) in the Ubatuba region, Brazil. Crustaceana, 71(6): 615-627.
De Vries, M.C.; Epifanio, C.E. and Dittel, A.I. 1983. Reproduction and periodicity of the tropical crab Callinectes arcuatus Ordway in Central America. Estuarine Coastal Shellfish Science, 17: 709-716.
Díaz, H. and Conde, J.E. 1989. Population dynamics and life of mangrove crab Aratus pisonii (Brachyura, Grapsidae) in a marine environment. Bulletin of Marine Science, 45(1):148-163.
Du Preez, H.H. and McLachlan, A. 1984. Biology of three-spot swimming crab Ovalipes punctatus (De Hann). 111. Reproduction, fecundity and egg development. Crustaceana, 47: 285-297.
Farias, M.C.Q. 1980. Crustáceos decápodes da Ilha da Restinga. Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, 29: 169-172.
Fernandes, J.M.; Rosa, D.M.; Araujo, C.V.; Ripoli, L.V. and Santos, H.S. 2006. Biologia e distribuição temporal de Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 (Crustacea, Portunidae) em uma praia arenosa da Ilha do Frade, Vitória-ES. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, 20: 59-71.
Giese, A.C. 1959. Comparative physiology: Annual reproductive cycles of marine invertebrates. Animal Review of Physiology, 21: 547-576.
Gleeson, R.A. 1991. Intrinsic factors mediating pheromone communication in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus p. 17-32. In: J.W. Martin and R.T. Bauer (eds), Crustacean Sexual Biology. New York, Columbia University Press.
Hard, W.L. 1942. Ovarian growth and ovulation in the mature blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Chesapeake Biology Laboratory Publications, 46:1-17.
Hartnoll, R.G. 1969. Mating in the Brachyura. Crustaceana, 16: 162-181.
Keunecke, K.A.; D'Incao, F.; Verani, J.R. and Vianna, M. 2011. Reproductive strategies of two sympatric species of swimming crabs (Crustacea, Portunidae) in an estuarine system, southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1-5. Published online.
Keunecke, K.A.; Silva Junior, D.R.; Vianna, M.; Verani, J.R. and D'Incao, F. 2009a. Ovarian development of Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus (Brachyura, Portunidae). Crustaceana, 82 (6): 753-761.
Keunecke, K.A.; Silva Junior, D.R.; Vianna, M.; Verani, J.R. and D'Incao, F. 2009b. Effects of migration activity on the mortality rates of two Portunidae crabs in a tropical bay. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2 (e34): 1-4.
Macedo, S.J.; Montes, M.J.F. and Lins, I.C. 2000. Características abióticas da área estuarina do Canal de Santa Cruz. p. 7-25. In: H. Barros, E. Eskinazi-Leça, S.J. Macedo, T. Lima (eds), Gerenciamento Participativo de Estuários e Manguezais. Recife, Editora Universitária.
Mantelatto, F.L. 2000. Allocation of the portunid crab Callinectes ornatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Ubatuba Bay, northern coast of São Paulo State, Brazil. p. 431-443. In: J.C.V. Klein and F.R. Schram (eds), Crustacean Issues, The Biodiversity Crisis and Crustacea, Vol.12, Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema.
Mantelatto, F.L. and Fransozo, A. 1996. Size at sexual maturity in Callinectes ornatus (Brachyura, Portunidae) from the Ubatuba Region (SP), Brazil. Nauplius, 4: 29-38.
Medeiros, M.F.M. 1982. Ocorrência do gênero Callinectes (Crustacea-Portunidae) com especial referência à Callinectes no estuário do Rio Sergipe, Brasil. Atlântica, 5: 78-79.
Melo, G.A.S. 1996. Manual de identificação dos Brachyura (caranguejos e siris) do litoral Brasileiro. São Paulo, Plêiade, 604 p.
Negreiros-Fransozo, M.L. 2002. Size variation in the grapsid crab Aratus pisonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) among populations of different subtropical mangroves. p. 183-188. In: E. Escobar-Briones and F. Alvarez (eds), Modern approaches to the study of Crustacea, Vol. 1, New York, Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers.
Norse, E.A. 1978. Physicochemical and biological stressors as distributional determinants of caribbean and tropical eastern pacific swimming crabs. p. 130-140. In: J.H. Thorp and J.W. Gibbons (eds), Energy and environmental stress in aquatic systems. Technical Information Center, U.S. Department of Energy.
Paul, R.K.G. 1982. Observations on the ecology and distribution of swimming crabs of the genus Callinectes (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Crustaceana, 42: 96-100.
Pillay, K.K. and Ono, Y. 1978. The breeding cycles of two species of grapsidae crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the north coast of Kyushu, Japan. Marine Biology, 45: 237-248.
Pinheiro, M.A.A. and Fransozo, A. 1998. Sexual maturity of the speckled swimming crab Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae), in the Ubatuba littoral, São Paulo state, Brazil. Crustaceana, 71: 434-452.
Pinheiro, M.A.A. and Fransozo, A. 1999. Reproductive behavior of the swimming crab Arenaeus cribrarius (Crustacea, Brachyura, Portunidae) in captivity. Bulletin of Marine Science, 64 (2): 243-253.
Pinheiro, M.A.A. and Fransozo, A. 2002. Reproduction of the speckled swimming crab Arenaeus cribrarius (Brachyura: Portunidae) on the Brazilian coast near 23º30´S. Journal Crustacean Biology, 22(2): 416-428.
Pita, J.B.; Rodrigues, E.S.; Lopes, G. and Coelho, J.A.P. 1985a. Levantamento da família Portunidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) no Complexo baía-estuário de Santos, São Paulo, Brasil. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca de São Paulo, 12: 153-162.
Pita, J.B.; Rodrigues, E.S.; Lopes, G. and Coelho, J.A.P. 1985b. Observações bioecológicas sobre o siri Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 (Crustacea, Portunidae), no Complexo baía-estuário de Santos, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca de São Paulo, 12: 35-43.
Santos, H.S. 1990. Relação entre fecundidade e o tamanho do corpo do siri-tinga, Callinectes danae (Crustacea, Portunidae) da Baía de Vitória, Espírito Santo. Revista de Cultura da UFES, 43: 67-73.
Sawaya, P. and Pereira, R.S. 1946. Nota sobre a ecologia de alguns crustáceos decápodos marinhos de São Paulo. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciência da Universidade de São Paulo, Zoologia, 11: 383-392.
Subramoniam, T. 1991. Chemical composition of Spermatophores in Decapod Crustaceans. p. 290-307. In: J.W. Martin and R.T. Bauer (eds), Crustacean Sexual Biology. New York, Columbia University Press.
Sumpton, W.D. 1990. Morphometric growth and fisheries biology of the crab Charybdis natator (Herbst) in Moreton Bay, Australia. (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crustaceana, 59(2): 113-120.
Van Engel, W.A. 1958. The blue crab and its fishery in Chesapeake Bay. I. Reproduction, early development, growth, and migration. US Fisheries and Wildlife Service Commercial Fisheries Review, 20(6): 6-17.
Vazzoler, A.E.A.M. 1996. Biologia da reprodução de peixes teleósteos: teoria e prática. Maringá, Nupelia, 169p.
Weber, L.I. and Levy, J.A. 2000. Genetic population structure of the swimming crab Callinectes danae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in southern Brazil. Hydrobiologia, 420: 203-210.

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[45] Van Engel, W.A. 1958. The blue crab and its fishery in Chesapeake Bay. I. Reproduction, early development, growth, and migration. US Fisheries and Wildlife Service Commercial Fisheries Review, 20(6): 6-17.

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[47] Weber, L.I. and Levy, J.A. 2000. Genetic population structure of the swimming crab Callinectes danae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in southern Brazil. Hydrobiologia, 420: 203-210.

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