Larval development and first crab of Mithraculus sculptus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Mithracidae) described from laboratory-reared material
Rhyne, A.L.; Fujita, Y.; Calado, R. (2006). Larval development and first crab of Mithraculus sculptus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Mithracidae) described from laboratory-reared material. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(5): 1133-1147. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014111
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, meer
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Biological development > Larval development
Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Developmental stages
Developmental stages > Juveniles
Developmental stages > Larvae > Invertebrate larvae > Crustacean larvae > Megalops
Developmental stages > Larvae > Invertebrate larvae > Crustacean larvae > Zoeae
Identification keys
Laboratory culture
Mithraculus sculptus (Lamarck, 1818) [WoRMS]
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- Rhyne, A.L.
- Fujita, Y.
- Calado, R.
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| Abstract |
The present work describes the complete larval development of Mithraculus sculptus (two zoeal stages, the megalopa) and the first crab instar from laboratory cultured material. The larval morphology is compared with other descriptions currently available for the Mithrax-Mithraculus complex: Mithraculus coryphe, M. forceps, Mithrax hispidus, M. pleuracanthus, M. spinosissimus and M. verrucosus. Although the different species of the Mithrax-Mithraculus complex display uniform morphological characters, the first zoeal stage of M. sculptus differs from other species in the setal meristics of the carapace and the number of aesthetascs of the antennule. The second zoeal stage differs in the number of aesthetascs of the antennule and the number of setae in the distal margin of the coxal endite of the maxillule. The megalopa of M. sculptus can be distinguished by the presence of 3-4 aesthetascs and a simple seta in the distal segment of the antennule. The morphological differences between the larvae from the genus Mithrax and Mithraculus are insufficient to support the separation of the two genera using adult morphology. Future studies should address in detail setal meristics. |
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