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Morphology of the megalopa and first crab instar of the shamefaced crab Calappa granulata (Crustacea, Brachyura, Calappidae)

Authors: Guerao Serra, Guillermo; Abelló, Pere; Cartes, J.;

Morphology of the megalopa and first crab instar of the shamefaced crab Calappa granulata (Crustacea, Brachyura, Calappidae)

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[ES] Una megalopa de gran tamaño, de morfología no descrita, fue capturada viva en una muestra de plancton tomada al sur de Eivissa (islas Baleares) en el Mediterráneo occidental. Un juvenil se obtuvo por muda de la megalopa en el laboratorio. La megalopa es de gran tamaño (4,6 mm de longitud de cefalotórax), más larga que ancha y sin espinas; el rostro se inclina gradualmente en dirección ventral (fig. 1). Se describe el número y posición de las sedas de los distintos apéndices (figs. 2-4). El número de sedas del escafognatito es alto. Los quelípedos son grandes y comprimidos, con el dáctilo dirigido ventralmente. Heteroquelia diestra (pinza derecha con morfología robusta) es evidente en el estadio megalopa (fig. 4). Los caracteres mrofológicos de la megalopa se comparan con los de otras megalopas conocidas de especies cercanas (superfamilia Calappoidea). La morfología del primer estadio de cangrejo permitió identificar la megalopa como perteneciente a la especie Calappa granulata. El cefalotórax (fig. 5) es ligeramente más largo que ancho, fuertemente convexo; la región frontal es más ancha que en el adulto; el rostro es bilobado y protrude ligeramente; los márgenes anterolaterales son redondeados, presenta cuatro dientes postero-laterales y cuatro dientes posteriores, como el adulto; el margen medio posterior es recto. Este estudio constituye la primera descripción completa de una megalopa de la família Calappidae

[EN] Morphology of the megalopa and first crab instar of the Shamefaced Crab Calappa granulata (Crustacea, Brachyura, Calappidae). - An unknown large megalopa was captured alive in a plankton sample taken south of Eivissa (Balearic Islands) in the western Mediterranean. The juvenile was obtained after moulting of the megalopa in the laboratory. The morphology of the first crab stage allowed the identification of the megalopa as belonging to the species Calappa granulata. Heterochely with right handedness is already evident in the megalopa stage. Its morphological characters are compared with those of the other known megalopae of related species

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Megalopa, Heterochely, Calappidae, Calappa

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