Morphology of the larval and first juvenile stages of the spider crab Lissa chiragra (Brachyura: Majidae: Pisinae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2003 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Journal of Natural History, volume 37, pages 647-671 (issn: 0022-2933, eissn: 1464-5262,

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Authors: GUERAO, GUILLERMO; RUFINO, MARTA; ABELLÓ, PERE;

doi: 10.1080/00222930110116048

handle: 10261/41736

Morphology of the larval and first juvenile stages of the spider crab Lissa chiragra (Brachyura: Majidae: Pisinae)

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The two zoeae, megalopa and first crab stage of the majid crab Lissa chiragra are described and illustrated from laboratory-hatched and reared material obtained from an ovigerous female collected on the western Mediterranean continental shelf. The morphology of the larval stages and first crab is compared with the corresponding stages of other known species of the subfamily Pisinae. The larval development and the first crab stages of L. chiragra are morphologically very similar to other larval descriptions of species of the genus Pisa

We wish to thank all participants in the cruise MEDITS−ES-0600 on board B/O Cornide de Saavedra. This piece of research was performed within the frame of the EU DG XIV research programme MEDITS

25 pages, 19 figures, 1 table

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Majidae, Megalopa, Brachyura, Decapoda, Larval development, Zoea, Lissa chiragra, Biodiversity, Pisinae, Taxonomy

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