Ucides cordatus cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Crustacea, Decapoda): complete larval development under laboratory conditions and its systematic position

Rodrigues, Misael Domingues; Hebling, Nilton José

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751989000100016

Abstract

Six zoeal stages and the megalopa of the comestible crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) are described and illustrated. The larvae were reared in the laboratory at temperature 25 ± 1ºC and water salinity of 24‰; duration of stages and survival rates were measured. Comparisons with the descriptions of the zoeal morphologic characters of Ocypodidae and Gecarcinidae permited to include definitively U. c. cordatus in the family Ocypodidae, subfamily Ocypodinae.

Ucides cordatus cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Complete larval development under laboratory conditions and its systematic position¹

Misael Domingues Rodrigues^I; Nilton José Hebling^II

^IDepartamento de Biologia Geral - Centro de Ciências Biológicas - UEL - Caixa Postal 6001 - 86051 Londrina - PR

^IIDepartamento de Zoologia - Instituto de Biociências - UNESP - Campus de Rio Claro - Caixa Postal 178 - 13500 Rio Claro, SP

ABSTRACT

Six zoeal stages and the megalopa of the comestible crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) are described and illustrated. The larvae were reared in the laboratory at temperature 25 ± 1ºC and water salinity of 24; duration of stages and survival rates were measured. Comparisons with the descriptions of the zoeal morphologic characters of Ocypodidae and Gecarcinidae permited to include definitively U. c. cordatus in the family Ocypodidae, subfamily Ocypodinae.

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CHHAPGAR, B.F. 1956. On the breeding habits and larval stages of some crabs of Bombay. Rec. Ind. Mus. 54:33-52.
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DIAZ, H. & J.D. COSTLOW. 1972. Larval development of Ocypode quadrata (Brachyura: Crustacea) under laboratory conditions. Mar. Biol. 75:120-131.
FEEST, J. 1969. Morphophysiological studies on the ontogeny and sexual biology of Uca annulipes and Uca triangularis as compared to Ilyoplaz gangetica. Form. Funct. 1:159-225.
FIELDER, D.R. & J.G. GREENWOOD, 1985. The complete larval development of the sand bubbler crab, Scopimera inflata H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae), reared in the laboratory. Crustaceana, Leiden, 48(2):133-146.
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RAJA BAI NAIDU, K.G. 1959. Studies on the larval development of Brachyura. I. The early and post-larval development of Dotilla blanfordi Alcock. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (13)2:129-135.
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RATHBUN, M.J. 1933. Brachyuran crabs of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Sci. Surv. Porto Rico and Virgin Islands, New York Acad. Aci., New York, 15(2):1-121.
RICE, A.L. 1975. The first zoeal stages of Cancer pagurus L., Pinnotheres pisum (Pennant) and Macrophthalmus depressus Rüppel (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) 28(5):237-247.
RICE, A.L. 1980. Crab zoeal morphology and its bearing on the classification of the Brachyura. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 35:271-424.
TERADA, M. 1979. On the zoea larvae of five crabs of the family Ocypodidae. Zool. Mag. (Tokyo), 88(1)57-72.
TURKAY, M. 1970. Die Gecarcinidae Amerikas mit einem anhang über Ucides Rathbun. Senckenb. Biol. 51(5/6):333-354.
WARNER, G.F. 1977. The Biology of Crabs. Elek Science, London. 202 pp.
WEAR, R.G. 1968. Life-history studies on New Zealand Brachyura. 3. Family Ocypodidae. First stage zoea larva of Hemiplax hirtipes (Jacquinot, 1853). N. Z. J. mar. freshw. Res. 2:698-707.
WILLEMS, K.A. 1982. Larval development of the land crab Gecarcinus lateralis lateralis (Fréminville, 1835) (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae) reared in the laboratory. J. Crust. Biol. 2(2):180-201.

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[2] AIKAWA, H. 1937. Further notes on brachyuran larvae. Rec. Oceanogr. Works Japan. 9:87-162.

[3] BRIGHT, D.B. 1966. The land crabs of Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 14(2):183-203.

[4] CABRERA JR. J.A., 1965. Contribuiciones Carcinológicas. I. El primer estádio zoea en Gecarcinus lateralis (Fremnville) (Brachyura Gecarcinidae) procedente de Veracruz, Mexico. An. Inst. Biol. Mex. 36:173-187.

[5] CHACE JR. F.A., & H.H. HOBBS, 1969. The freshwater and terrestrial decapod crustaceans of the West Indian with special reference to Dominica. Bull. U. S. natl. Mus. 292:1-258.

[6] CHHAPGAR, B.F. 1956. On the breeding habits and larval stages of some crabs of Bombay. Rec. Ind. Mus. 54:33-52.

[7] COELHO, P.A. & M.A. RAMOS. 1972. A constituição e a distribuição da fauna de decápodos do litoral leste da América do Sul, entre as latitudes 5ºN e 39ºS. Trab. Oceanogr. Univ. Fed. Ped., Recife, 13:33-236.

[8] COSTLOW Jr. J.D. & C.G. BOOKHOUT. 1968. The complete larval development of the land-crab, Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille in the laboratory (Brachyura, Gecarcinidae). Crustaceana, Leiden. (Suppl. 2):259-270.

[9] CRANE, J. 1940. Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XVIII. On the post-embryonic development of brachyuran crabs of the genus Ocypode. Zoologica. 25(1):65-82.

[10] DIAZ, H. & J.D. COSTLOW. 1972. Larval development of Ocypode quadrata (Brachyura: Crustacea) under laboratory conditions. Mar. Biol. 75:120-131.

[11] FEEST, J. 1969. Morphophysiological studies on the ontogeny and sexual biology of Uca annulipes and Uca triangularis as compared to Ilyoplaz gangetica. Form. Funct. 1:159-225.

[12] FIELDER, D.R. & J.G. GREENWOOD, 1985. The complete larval development of the sand bubbler crab, Scopimera inflata H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae), reared in the laboratory. Crustaceana, Leiden, 48(2):133-146.

[13] FIELDER, D.R. & J.G. GREENWOOD, 1985a. The systematic position of Heloecius cordiformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda, Ocypodidae) as revealed by larval morphology. Crustaceana, Leiden. 48(3):244-248.

[14] FIELDER, D.R. & J.G. GREENWOOD, 1986. Zoeal larvae of Macrophthalmus setosus H. Milne Edwards, 1852 and M. punctulatus Miers, 1884 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae). Mem. Qd. Mus. 22(2):155-164.

[15] GOHAR, H.A.F. & A.A. AL-KHOLY, 1957. The larvae of some brachyuran Crustacea (from the Red Sea). Publ. Mar. Biol. Sta. Al Ghardaga, Egypt. 9:145-176.

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[17] HASHMI, S.S. 1968. Study on larvae of (Gelasimus) (Ocypodidae) reared in the laboratory (Decapoda: Crustacea). Pakist. J. Sci. Res. 20(1/2):50-56.

[18] HASHMI, S.S. 1969. Studies on larval Ocypodidae (Macrophthalmus) hatched in the laboratory (Decapoda: Crustacea). Pakist. J. Sci. Res. 21(1/2):42-54.

[19] HOLTHUIS, L.B. 1959. The Crustacea Decapoda Of Suriname (Dutch Guiana). Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden. 44:1-296.

[20] HYMAN, O.W. 1920. On the development of Gelasimus after hatching. J. Morphol. 33(2):485-524.

[21] KANNUPANDI, T.; S.A. KAN; M. THOMAS; S. SUNDARAMOORTHY, & R. NATARAJAN, 1980. Larvae of the land crab Cardisoma carniflex (Herbst) (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae) reared in the laboratory. Ind. J. Mar. Sci. 9:271-277.

[22] LEBOUR, M.V. 1928. The larval crabs of the Plymounth Brachyura. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 473-560.

[23] MANNING, R.B. & L.B. HOLTHUIS, 1987. West african brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithson. Cont. Zool., Washington, 306:1-379.

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

[25] MILNE EDWARDS, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Comprenant l'Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification des ces Animaux. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, Vol. II, 532 pp.

[26] PRAHL, H. von & G. MANJARRÉS. 1984. Cangrejos Gecarcinidos (Crustacea: Gecarcinidae) de Colombia. Caldasia. 14:(66):149-168.

[27] RABALAIS, N.N. & J.N. CAMERON, 1983. Abbreviated development of Uca subcylindrica (Stimpson, 1859) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) reared in the laboratory. J. Crust. Biol. 3(4)319-541.

[28] RAJA BAI NAIDU, K.G. 1951. Some stages in the development and bionomics of Ocypoda platytarsis. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 33(1):32-40.

[29] RAJA BAI NAIDU, K.G. 1959. Studies on the larval development of Brachyura. I. The early and post-larval development of Dotilla blanfordi Alcock. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (13)2:129-135.

[30] RATHBUN, M.J. 1918. The grapsoid crabs of America. Bull. U.S. natl. Mus. 97:1-461.

[31] RATHBUN, M.J. 1933. Brachyuran crabs of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Sci. Surv. Porto Rico and Virgin Islands, New York Acad. Aci., New York, 15(2):1-121.

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[35] TURKAY, M. 1970. Die Gecarcinidae Amerikas mit einem anhang über Ucides Rathbun. Senckenb. Biol. 51(5/6):333-354.

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[37] WEAR, R.G. 1968. Life-history studies on New Zealand Brachyura. 3. Family Ocypodidae. First stage zoea larva of Hemiplax hirtipes (Jacquinot, 1853). N. Z. J. mar. freshw. Res. 2:698-707.

[38] WILLEMS, K.A. 1982. Larval development of the land crab Gecarcinus lateralis lateralis (Fréminville, 1835) (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae) reared in the laboratory. J. Crust. Biol. 2(2):180-201.