STUDIES ON THE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN PORCELLANIDAE (DECAPODA, ANOMURA) .1. REDESCRIPTION OF THE LARVAL STAGES OF PORCELLANA-PLATYCHELES (PENNANT, 1777) REARED UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS

Authors
GONZALEZGORDILLO JI CUESTA JA RODRIGUEZ A
Citation
Ji. Gonzalezgordillo et al., STUDIES ON THE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN PORCELLANIDAE (DECAPODA, ANOMURA) .1. REDESCRIPTION OF THE LARVAL STAGES OF PORCELLANA-PLATYCHELES (PENNANT, 1777) REARED UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS, Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen, 50(4), 1996, pp. 517-531
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen → ACNP
ISSN journal
01743597
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
517 - 531
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-3597(1996)50:4<517:SOTLDO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The complete larval development is described for Porcellana platychele s (Pennant) reared under laboratory conditions. The development consis ts of two zoeal stages and one megalopa. At 20 degrees C and 35 parts per thousand salinity, the megalopa appeared 17-18 days after hatching . Survival was 56 % from hatching to the megalopa stage. The morpholog ical features of the zoeal and megalopa stages of P. platycheles are c ompared with those of other species of Porcellana, and a key of the kn own zoeal stages of the genus is given.