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Title: 
The megalopa and early juvenile stages of Calappa tortugae Rathbun, 1933 (Crustacea, Brachyura) reared in the laboratory from South Carolina neuston samples
Author(s): 
Institution: 
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
  • Marine Resources Res Inst
ISSN: 
0006-324X
Abstract: 
Neuston samples collected from the Charleston Bump region off the coast of South Carolina, U.S.A., during the summers of 2002 and 2003 consistently included a decapod species of undetermined identity with a large brachyuran megalopa. Despite their resemblance to some calappids, it was impossible to make a definitive identification based solely on general morphology. Therefore, additional neuston tows were taken on the continental shelf near Charleston, during the summer of 2004 to obtain these living megalopae. These were raised successfully through five juvenile stages at the Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center (SERTC) laboratory. The morphology of the juveniles provided evidence that they are megalopae of Calappa tortugae Rathbun, 1933. Comparisons with megalopae of Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763), H. pudibundus (Herbst, 1785), Calappa flammea (Herbst, 1794) and Cryptosoma balguerii (Desbonne, 1867) are presented here. This is the first complete description of the megalopa morphology of a member of the genus Calappa Weber, 1795 from the Western Atlantic, and it is helpful for taxonomic, systematic and ecological purposes.
Issue Date: 
20-Dec-2007
Citation: 
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington: Biol Soc Washington, v. 120, n. 4, p. 469-485, 2007.
Time Duration: 
469-485
Publisher: 
Biol Soc Washington
Source: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[469:TMAEJS]2.0.CO;2
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Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/33869
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