Population structure and breeding period of Pachycheles monilifer (Dana) (Anomura, Porcellanidae) inhabiting sabellariid sand reefs from the littoral coast of São Paulo State, Brazil

Fransozo, Adilson; Bertini, Giovana

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752001000100023

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to examine the population structure and the breeding period of Pachycheles monilifer (Dana, 1852) inhabiting sabellariid worm reefs in the littoral of São Paulo State coast. The specimens were obtained at 2-month intervals from September/94 to July/95. The study sites were located at the rocky shores of Tenorio and Paranapuã Beaches. Individuals sampled showed a total averaged 4.4 ± 1.4 mm carapace length. Ovigerous females were more frequent in September. Despite clear differences regarding the arrangement of these sabellariid colonies, they are extremely important to the establishment and maintenance of P. monilifer.

Porcellanidae; Pachycheles monilifer; sabellariid worm reefs; biology

Population structure and breeding period of Pachycheles monilifer (Dana) (Anomura, Porcellanidae) inhabiting sabellariid sand reefs from the littoral coast of São Paulo State, Brazil

Adilson Fransozo; Giovana Bertini

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências. Universidade Estadual Paulista. Caixa Postal 510, 18618-000 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: fransozo@ibb.unesp.br

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study is to examine the population structure and the breeding period of Pachycheles monilifer (Dana, 1852) inhabiting sabellariid worm reefs in the littoral of São Paulo State coast. The specimens were obtained at 2-month intervals from September/94 to July/95. The study sites were located at the rocky shores of Tenorio and Paranapuã Beaches. Individuals sampled showed a total averaged 4.4 ± 1.4 mm carapace length. Ovigerous females were more frequent in September. Despite clear differences regarding the arrangement of these sabellariid colonies, they are extremely important to the establishment and maintenance of P. monilifer.

Key words: Porcellanidae, Pachycheles monilifer, sabellariid worm reefs, biology

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We are grateful to the "Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)" for financing transport to the collecting sites (# 94/4878-8). We are also thankful to the NEBECC coworkers for their help during collection.

Recebido em 28.X.1999; aceito em 05.IV.2001

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Asakura, A. 1995. Sexual differences in life history and resource utilization by the hermit crab. Ecology 76 (7):2295-2313.
Ahmed, M. & J. MUSTAQUIM, 1974. Population structure of four species of porcellanid crabs (Decapoda, Anomura) occurring on the coast of Karachi. Mar. Biol. 26:173-182.
Almaça, C. 1990. Structure and interactions in the crab community inhabiting sabelariid worm colonies at Praia de Ribeira D'Ilhas (Ericeira, Portugal). Arq. Museu Bocage, N.S. 1(37):505-519.
Amaral, A.C.Z. 1987. Breve caracterização de Phragmatopoma lapidosa Kinberg, 1867 (Polychaeta, Sabellaridae). Revta bras. Zool. 3(8):471-474.
Ameyaw-Akumfi, C. 1975. The breedinf biology of two sympatric species of tropical intertidal hermit crabs, Clibanarius chapini and C. senegalensis. Mar. Biol. 29:15-28.
Bertini, G. & A. Fransozo. 1999. Population dynamics of Petrochirus diogenes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Crustacea, Anomura, Diogenidae) in the Ubatuba region (SP), Brazil, p. 331-342. In: J.C.V.V. Klein & F.R Schram (Eds). The Biodiversity Crisis and Crustacea, Crustacean Issues, 12. Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, Brookfield, 848p.
Booilootian, R.A.; A.C. Giese; A. Farmanfarmaian & J. Tucker. 1959. Reproductive cycles of five west coast crabs. Physiol. Zool. 32:213-220.
Bremec, C.S. & N.J. Cazzaniga. 1984. Consideraciones sobre Pachycheles haigae Rodrigues da Costa, 1960 y P. chubulensis Boschi, 1963 en Monte Hermoso (Repúplica Argentina) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae). Iheringia. Sér. Zool., (64):127-148.
Brower, J.E. & H. Zar. 1977. Field and laboratory methods for general ecology. Dubuque, Wm. C. Brown publishers, 226p.
Emmerson, W.D. 1994. Seasonal breeding cycles and sex ratios of eight species of crabs from Mgazana, a mangrove estuary in Tanskrei, Southern Africa. Jour. Crustacean. Biol. 14(3):568-578.
Fausto-Filho, J. & E. Furtado. 1970. Nota preliminar sobre a fauna das colônias de Sabellariidae do litoral do Estado do Ceará (Annelida, Sedentaria). Rev. Brasil. Biol. 30(2):285-289.
Fransozo, A. & F.L.M. Mantelatto. 1998. Population structure and reproductive period of the tropical hermit crab Calcinus tibicen (Decapoda, Diogenidae) in the Ubatuba region, São Paulo, Brazil. Jour. Crustacean. Biol. 18(3):446-452.
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Greenwood, J.G. 1965. The larval development of Petrolisthes elongatus (H. Milne Edwards) and Petrolisthes novaezelandiae Filhol (Anomura, Porcellanidae) with notes on breeding. Crustaceana 8:285-307.
Hazllett, B.A. 1966. Social behavior of the Paguridae and Diogenidae of Curaçao. Stud. Fauna Curaçao Other Caribb. Isl. 23(88):1-143.
Jensen, G.C. & D.A. Armstrong. 1991. Intertidal zonation among congeners: factors regulating distribution of porcelain crabs Petrolisthes spp. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 73:47-60.
Jones, M.B. 1977. Breeding and seasonal population changes of Petrolisthes elongatus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) at Kaikoura, New Zeland. Jour. Royal Soe. N. Zealand. 7(3):259-272.
Knudsen, J.W. 1964. Observations of the reproductive cycles and ecology of the common Brachyura and crablike Anomura of Puget Sound, Washington. Pac. Sci. 18:3-33.
Lewis, J.B. 1960. The fauna of rocky shores of Barbados, West Indies. Can. Jour. Zool. 38:391-435.
Melo, G.A.S. 1999. Manual de identificação dos Crustacea Decapoda do litoral brasileiro: Anomura, Thalassinidea, Palinuridea e Astacidea. São Paulo, Editora Plêiade, 551 p.
Micheletti-Flores, C.V. & M.L. Negreiros-Fransozo. 1999. Porcellanid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) inhabiting sand reefs built by Phragmatopoma lapidosa (Polychaeta, Sabellariidae) at Paranapuã Beach, São Vicente, SP, Brazil. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 59(1):63-73.
Negreiros-Fransozo, ML.; A.A.V. Flores; A.L.D. Reigada & J.M. Nakagaki. 1998. Análise Comparativa dos Crustáceos Decápodos de Colônias de Sabellariidae era duas localidades do Litoral Paulista. An. IV Simp. Ecossist. Brasil. 2:214-220.
Oliveira, E. & S. Masunari. 1995. Estrutura populacional de Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes) (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae) da Ilha do Farol, Matinhos, Paraná, Brasil. Revta bras. Zool. 12(2):355-371.
Pinheiro, M.A.A.; G. Bertini; L.C. Fernandes-Góes & A. Fransozo. 1997. Decapod crustacean associated to sand reefs of Phragmatopoma lapidosa Kimberg, 1867 (Polychaeta, Sabellariidae) at Praia Grande, Ubatuba, SP, Brazil. Nauplius 5(2):77-83.
Samuelsen, T.J. 1970. The biology of six species of Anomura (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Raunefjorden, Western Norway. Sarsia 45:25-52.
Sanz, A. 1987. Notas sobre la biología de Porcellana platycheles (Pennant, 1777) (Anomura, Porcellanidae). Inv. Pesq. 51(1):117-124.
Sastry, A.N. 1983. Ecological aspects of reproduction, p. 179-269. In: F.J. Vernberg & W.B. Vernberg (Eds). The biology of crustacea, 8. Enviromental adaptations. New York, Academic Press, 383p.
Scelzo, M.A. 1985. Biologia y morfometria del cancrejo Petrolisthes politus (Gray, 1831) (Anomura, Porcellanidae) de la Isla Cubagua, Venezuela. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente 24(1-2):63-74.
Smaldon, G. 1972. Population structure and breeding biology of Pisidia longicornis and Porcellana platycheles. Mar. Biol. 17:171-179.
Stevcic, Z. 1985. Autoecological investigations of the porcelain crab Porcellana platycheles (Pennant) (Decapoda, Anomura) in the Rovinj area (Northern Adriatic). Crustaceana 55(3):242-252.
Veloso, V.G. & G.A.S. Melo. 1993. Taxonomia e distribuição da família Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) no litoral brasileiro. Iheringia, Sér. Zool., (75):171-186.
Wear, R.G. 1964. Larvae of Petrolisthes novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Trans. R. Soc. N. Zealand Zool. 5(18):229-244.
______. 1965. Breeding cycles and pre-zoea larva of Petrolisthes elongatus (Milne Edwards, 1837). (Crustacea, Decapoda). Trans. R. Soc. N. Zealand Zool. 5(13):169-175.

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[14] Gore, R.H.; L.E. Scotto & L.J. Becker. 1978. Community composition, stability, and trophic partitioning in decapod crustaceans inhabiting some subtropical sabelariid worm reefs. Bull. Mar. Sci. 28(2):221-248.

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[23] Negreiros-Fransozo, ML.; A.A.V. Flores; A.L.D. Reigada & J.M. Nakagaki. 1998. Análise Comparativa dos Crustáceos Decápodos de Colônias de Sabellariidae era duas localidades do Litoral Paulista. An. IV Simp. Ecossist. Brasil. 2:214-220.

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