ABSTRACT. Juvenile development of Cyrtograpsus al/gu/atus Dana (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsidae), in laboratory. This papel' describes the first nine juvenile stages of CyrtogropslIs angll/atus Dana, 1851 obtained in laboratory conditions trom three ovigerous females collected at "Molhes da Barra", Rio Grande, Brazil (32°S and 52°W). The main morphological features, lhe secondary sexual characlers and lhe gills ontogeny were observed. Twenty one individuaIs reached until lhe ninthjuveni le stage. Sexual dimorphism can be veritied from lhe fourth juvenile stage and the number of gills are complele ai the second juvenile slage. KEY WORDS. Cruslacea, Brachyura, Grapsidae, developmenl, juvenile A família Grapsidae encontra-se representada no litoral do Rio Grande do Sul, por seis espécies das sub-famílias Sesarm inae, Varun inae e Grapsi nae as quais estão distribuídas em quatro gêneros: Chasmagnalhus granulata Dana, 1851; Armases rubripes (Rathbun, 1914) Cyrtograpsus angulalus apresenta distribuição geográfica compreendida entre, Atlântico Sul Ocidental : Brasil (do Rio de Janeiro ao Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguai e Argentina (incluindo a Patagônia). Pacífico Oriental: Peru e Chile. Costumam formar grandes concentrações na zona entre-marés, em profundidades muito pequenas. É encontrado também sobre a vegetação das praias (MELO 1996).Os estudos envolvendo larvas de Crustáceos Decápodos tiveram seu início em meados do século passado. THOMPSON (1903) em seu estudo, lançou as bases para os estudos sobre desenvolvimento. É considerado ponto comum entre os carcinologistas, a importância de se conhecer os estágios correspondentes à fase juvenil, quando os indivíduos começam a desenvolver os caracteres sexuais secundários, além de apresentar características diferentes às dos adu ltos. Todav ia, existe uma escassez de trabalhos sobre desenvolvimento juvenil, dev ido provavelmente a dificu ldade de se manter um cultivo até a fase juvenil e, nesta, até que o dimorfismo sexual ocorra, uma vez que o tempo necessário é muitas vezes longo. Portanto, muitos autores detêm seus estudos somente ao desenvolvimento larva!.
Ariake Bay has Japanʼs biggest nori seaweed farming field in the innermost part and has suffered from environmental degradation since the late 1990s. To elucidate the seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure in the inner bay, we examined monthly plankton-net samples collected in the top 2-m layer at 11 stations for 5 years from April 2002 to March 2007. Of the 11 stations, 7 were at the high-turbidity site (HTS) representing the nori farming field and 4 in the offshore low-turbidity site (LTS) for comparison. The copepod community in the HTS was dominated almost year round by Oithona davisae, whose 5-year mean abundance of 203 ind. L −1 comprised 84% of copepods and was more than double that in the LTS. O. davisae became extremely abundant in summer with the maximum monthly mean abundance in the HTS of 2756 ind. L −1 and the maximum sample-specific abundance of 10116 ind. L −1 . The following predominant copepods in the HTS were Parvocalanus crassirostris in summer-autumn, Microsetella norvegica in summer, Acartia omorii in spring, and Paracalanus parvus s.l. irregularly. Possible causes for high abundance of O. davisae in the HTS are assumed to be sufficient food resources, water temperature over 21°C, and a wide salinity tolerance range of the species.
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