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Issue: Vol. 4990 No. 1: 18 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.13
Page range: 192-200
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The first zoeal stage of the yellow land crab Johngarthia lagostoma (Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae)

1Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Arquitetura, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, PE, Brazil 2 Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Av. Manuel de Medeiros, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil
1Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Arquitetura, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, PE, Brazil
Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Arquitetura, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, PE, Brazil
Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Arquitetura, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, PE, Brazil
Crustacea Grapsoidea zoeal description decapod crustacean larvae Rocas Atoll Fernando de Noronha Archipelago tropical oceanic islands

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to describe and illustrate the first zoeal stage of the largest land crab of the Tropical Atlantic, Johngarthia lagostoma (Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae). A larval description of J. lagostoma was previously not available. Larvae were obtained from ovigerous females on Rocas Atoll and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Twenty larvae were randomly chosen to be dissected and described in detail, while 40 others (20 larvae from each island) were measured only. The published description of the congener J. planatus (Stimpson, 1860) larvae was used for a comparison of larval morphology. Some morphological differences between the first zoeal stage of these two species were: The absence or presence of a simple shorter seta on antennule, number of the minute terminal spines on the antenna, setation of the coxal endite of the maxilla, exopod unsegmented of the first and second maxilliped, and a single mid-dorsal seta on first pleonite. These results and differences observed between these species can assist in studies on phylogenetic relationships within the Family Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838, as well as in the identification of the larvae of J. Lagostoma in plankton samples from the tropical Atlantic.

 

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