Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Pages: 85-90

Journal: Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volume number: 39

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0165-0521

eISSN: 1744-5140

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/01650520412331271016

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
The early larval development of the western Atlantic porcellanid crab Petrolisthes caribensis Werding, 1983 was studied under laboratory conditions. The two zoeal stages are described and illustrated. P caribensis has bifid lateral spines on the telson of the first zoea. A short serrated seta on the terminal article of the endopodite of the second maxillipeds occurs in both zoeal stages. These characters indicate a higher similarity of the larvae of P caribensis to the larvae of P politus, than to those of other congeners of the western Atlantic described so far.

Harvard Citation style: Kraus, H., Hiller, A. and Cruz, N. (2004) The zoeal stages of Petrolisthes cariblensis Werding, 1983 reared under laboratory conditions (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae), Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 39(1), pp. 85-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650520412331271016

APA Citation style: Kraus, H., Hiller, A., & Cruz, N. (2004). The zoeal stages of Petrolisthes cariblensis Werding, 1983 reared under laboratory conditions (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 39(1), 85-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650520412331271016