Redescription of megalopa and juvenile development of Pachygrapsus gracilis (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from the Amazon region, reared in the laboratory

Redescription of megalopa and juvenile development of Pachygrapsus gracilis (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from the Amazon region, reared in the laboratory

This present study re-describes the megalopa stage and provides detailed morphological descriptions and main growth changes observed in stages I through VII of the juvenile instars of the dark shore crab Pachygrapsus gracilis (Saussure, 1858), from the Amazon region. The specimens in this study were...

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Main Authors: Danielle C. B Arruda, Fernando A Abrunhosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2011-08-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Description
growth
morphology
transitory stage
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000400008

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