Larval and early juvenile development in the Lithodidae (Decapoda : Anomura : Paguroidea) reared under laboratory conditions 2. Subfamily Hapalogastrinae: Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 with notes on comparative development within the subfamilies of the Lithodidae
Ja. Crain et Pa. Mclaughlin, Larval and early juvenile development in the Lithodidae (Decapoda : Anomura : Paguroidea) reared under laboratory conditions 2. Subfamily Hapalogastrinae: Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 with notes on comparative development within the subfamilies of the Lithodidae, INVERTEBR R, 37(2), 2000, pp. 113-127
Four zoeal, the megalopal and the first crab stage are described and illust
rated for Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew (Hapalogastrinae). Morphologica
l differences found in some of the developmental sequences between members
of the two subfamilies of the Lithodidae are reviewed.