Near-shore distribution of phyllosomas of the two only lobster species (Decapoda: Achelata) present in Robinson Crusoe Island and endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago Distribución costera de filosomas de las dos únicas especies de langostas (Decapoda: Achelata) presentes en la Isla Robinson Crusoe y endémicas del archipiélago de Juan Fernández

Near-shore distribution of phyllosomas of the two only lobster species (Decapoda: Achelata) present in Robinson Crusoe Island and endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago Distribución costera de filosomas de las dos únicas especies de langostas (Decapoda: Achelata) presentes en la Isla Robinson Crusoe y endémicas del archipiélago de Juan Fernández

Two lobster species coexist in the southeast Pacific Juan Fernández archipelago, Jasus frontalis (Milne-Edwards, 1837) and Acantharctus delfini (Bouvier, 1909). Like most lobster species they undergo a prolonged larval period, which is particularly long for J. frontalis (> 16 months). Though typi...

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Main Authors: ÁLVARO T PALMA, ISMAEL CÁCERES-MONTENEGRO, RICHARD S BENNETT, SPARTACO MAGNOLFI, LUIS A HENRÍQUEZ, JORGE F GUERRA, KAREN MANRÍQUEZ, R. EDUARDO PALMA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Subjects:
endemismo
filosomas
islas oceánicas
langostas
endemism
lobsters
oceanic island
phyllosoma
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