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Issue: Vol. 4378 No. 1: 7 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.4
Page range: 71–84
Abstract views: 101
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The first zoeal stage morphology of Achelous spinimanus (Latreille), A. gibbesii (Stimpson), and Portunus sayi (Gibbes) (Decapoda, Brachyura)
provides support for molecular phylogeny

Laboratory of Bioecology and Crustacean Systematics (LBSC), Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Laboratory of Biology of Marine and Freshwater Shrimps (LABCAM), Faculty of Sciences (FC), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. Current address: Department of Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (CSIC), Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
Department of Zoology, Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Biology, Laboratory for Crustacean Research, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA.
Crustacea Zoeal morphology Portunoidea Portunidae swimming crab

Abstract

Taxonomic rearrangements were recently proposed for some members of Portunus Weber and Cronius Stimpson, including the re-elevation of the status of the subgenus Achelous De Haan to accommodate 21 American species. In the present study the first zoea of Achelous spinimanus, type species of the genus, A. gibbesii and Portunus sayi were obtained from laboratory-hatched specimens. The morphology of the first zoeal stage of A. spinimanus is described and illustrated for the first time. Those of A. gibbesii and P. sayi are redescribed in detail using standard terminology and compared with previous unpublished descriptions. Differences are listed and remarks from a comparative analysis of available descriptions of other portunid genera and species with a known first zoeal stage are furnished. The larval morphology pattern observed in the studied species corroborates a previous hypothesis on the phylogeny of the group.

 

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