Zoeal morphology of Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes) (Decapoda, Grapsidae) reared in the laboratory

Brossi-Garcia, Ana Luiza; Rodrigues, Misael Domingues

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000400005

Abstract

Ovigerous females of Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850) were collected on the Praia Dura and Saco da Ribeira beaches, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Larvae were individually reared in a climatic room at 25ºC temperature, salinities of 28, 32 and 35‰ and under natural photoperiod conditions. The best rearing results were observed at 35%o salinity. Seven zoeal instars were observed, drawing and described in detail. The data are compared with those obtained for P. gracilis (Saussure, 1858).

Grapsidae; Pachygrapsus Iransversus; larval development; decapod

Zoeal morphology of Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes) (Decapoda, Grapsidae) reared in the laboratory

Ana Luiza Brossi-Garcia^I; Misael Domingues Rodrigues^II

^IDepartamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: bgarcia@cparetianas.com.br

^IIDepartamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Caixa Postal 6001, 86051-990 Londrina, Brasil. E-mail: misael@npd.uel.br

ABSTRACT

Ovigerous females of Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850) were collected on the Praia Dura and Saco da Ribeira beaches, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Larvae were individually reared in a climatic room at 25ºC temperature, salinities of 28, 32 and 35‰ and under natural photoperiod conditions. The best rearing results were observed at 35%o salinity. Seven zoeal instars were observed, drawing and described in detail. The data are compared with those obtained for P. gracilis (Saussure, 1858).

Key words: Grapsidae, Pachygrapsus Iransversus, larval development, decapod

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. This work was supported by a research grant from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

Recebido em 07.XI.1996; aceito em 18.IX.1997.

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[1] AlKAWA, H. 1929. On larval forms some Brachyura. Rec. Oceanogr. Work Jap. 2(1): 17-55.

[2] Brossi-Garcia, A.L. & M.D. Rodrigues. 1993. Zoeal morphology of Pachygrapsus gracilis (Saussure, 1858) (Decapoda, Grapsidae) reared in the laboratory. Invert. Reprod. Dev. 24 (3): 197-204.

[3] Cano, G. 1891. Sviluppo postembrionale dei Dorippidei, Leucosiadi, Corystoidei e Grapsidi. Mem. Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 8: 1-4.

[4] Chace Jr., F.A. 1951. The number of species of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea. Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 41: 370-372.

[5] Cuesta, J.A. & A. Rodriguez. 1993. Larval development of Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius) (Brachyura, Grapsidae, Grapsinae) reared in the laboratory. Abst. Intern. Senckenberg Symp. Crust. Decap., Frankfurt: 18-22.

[6] ______. 1994. Early zoeal stages of Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius), P. transversus (Gibbes) and P. maurus (Lucas) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae) reared in the laboratory. Scient. Marina 58 (4): 323-327.

[7] Hyman, O.W. 1924. Sudies on larvae of crabs of the family Grapsidae. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 65(10): 1-8.

[8] Lebour, M.V. 1944. Larval crabs from Bermuda. Zoológica, New York, 29: 113-128.

[9] Paula, J. 1985. The first zoeal stages of Polihius henslowi Leach, Maja squinado (Herbst), Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius), and Uca tangeri (Eydoux) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Arq. Mus. Bocage, ser. B, 17 (2): 137-147.

[10] Rodrigues, M.D. & A.L. Brossi-Garcia. 1989. Notas sobre novas ocorrências de Pachygrapsus gracilis (Sausurre, 1858) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Grapsidae) no litoral brasileiro. Ciência e Cultura 41 (1): 63-66.

[11] Schlotterbeck, R.E. 1976. The larval development of the lined shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae), reared in the laboratory. Crustaceana 30 (2): 184-200.

[12] Villalobos, C.R. 1971. First zoeal stage of Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall. Rev. Biol. Trop. 18: 107-113.