Larval and post-larval development of the slender-legged spider crab, Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus), (Oxyrhyncha : Majidae: Inachinae), reared in the laboratory
Ingle, R.W. (1982). Larval and post-larval development of the slender-legged spider crab, Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus), (Oxyrhyncha : Majidae: Inachinae), reared in the laboratory. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. 42(3): 207-225
In: Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History. Zoology. British Museum of Natural History: London. ISSN 0007-1498, meer
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| Trefwoorden |
Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761) [WoRMS]; Macropodia spinulosa (Miers, 1881) [WoRMS]
Marien/Kust |
| Abstract |
The slender-legged spider crab Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus) occurs northward to about latitude 65 N and southward to the Moroccan coast and Mediterranean (see Christiansen, 1969; Monod, 1932; Zariquiey Alvarez, 1968). West African and Cape Verde Island specimens have been assigned recently to M. spinulosa (Miers) (see Manning & Holthius,1981). M. rostrata has been reported also from False Bay, S. Africa (see Barnard, 1950). Previous descriptions (see p. 207) of larval stages of M. rostrata are not sufficiently detailed for comparative studies. In 1974 larvae of this species were reared from crabs collected from Tunisian and Plymouth waters and in 1977 from specimens obtained off the Isle of Man. These rearings provided material for the present detailed description and comparisons of the larvae and first crab stages of M. rostrata from three localities within its range of distribution. |
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