Lunar rhythms in the egg hatching of the subtidal crustacean: Callinectes arcuatus Ordway (Decapoda: Brachyura)

DeVries, M.C.; Epifanio, Charles E.; Dittel, Ana I.

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“…beebei Crane, 1941, 0.24 Comparison between the embryonic stages adopted here for the development of the eggs of Uca lactea (De Haan, 1835) and the stages recognized by eight authors. A, Broekhuysen (1937), Carcinus maenas (L., 1758); B, Boolootian et al (1959), Pugettia producta (Randall, 1840); C, Von Hagen (1962), Uca tangeri (Eydoux, 1835); D, Feest (1969), Uca triangularis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873); E, De Vries et al (1983), Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896; F, Brown & Loveland (1985), Uca pugnax (Smith, 1870) and U. minax (Le Conte, 1858); G, Shields & Kuris (1988), Cancer anthonyi Rathbun, 1897; H, Kobayashi & Matsuura (1996) Feest, 1969). Gibbs (1974) reported that the corresponing sizes of the eggs of U. burgersi Holthuis, 1967, are 0.34 to 0.38 mm.…”

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Incubation of Eggs and Embryonic Development of the Fiddler Crab, Uca Lactea (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Yamaguchi¹

2001

Crustac

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Incubation of Eggs and Embryonic Development of the Fiddler Crab, Uca Lactea (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Yamaguchi¹

2001

Crustac

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“…Considering the physical stimuli that entrain the rhythmic release of larvae, and the adaptive value of such behavior, C. maenas must thus be considered a subLittoral species. Reports on rhythmical larvae-releasing behavior of estuarine sublittoral decapods include (1) the crab Callinectes arcuatus (De Vries et al 1983) and the shrimps Palaemon spp. and Crangon crangon (Paula 1989), which show a semilunar rhythm; and (2) the crabs Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Forward et al 1982), Callinectes sapidus, Neopanopeus spp., Pinnixia chaetopterana, Pinnotheres ostreum and Pinnotheres maculatum (Salmon et al 1986), which do not show a semilunar rhythm.…”

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Larval abundance patterns of Carcinus maenas (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Canal de Mira (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

Queiroga¹,

Costlow²,

Moreira³

1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Larval stages of Carcinus maenas (L.) were intensively sampled in the Canal de Mira ( h a de Aveiro, Portugal) during 2 lunar months: February 12 to March l 1 and May 9 to June 7, 1990. Each sampling period included fifteen 25 h fixed-station sampling cycles beginning at intervals of 4 tide cycles. Within each 25 h sampling cycle, plankton samples were collected hourly at several depths using a pump. Analysis of the data from these sampLing periods indicated tidal and die1 cycles of abundance of first stage C. maenas larvae. A semilunar component was also identified. These patterns were expressed as peaks of abundance during ebb tides, with highest peaks during nocturnal neap ebb tides around the first and last quarters of the moon. Peaks of nocturnal abundance could occur at any time during the night but consistently followed high water. In contrast, megalopae were present in the samples primarily during nocturnal flood tides. Intermediate zoeal stages of C. maenas were not collected. As indicated by an analysis of variance, the main effects of phases of the tide and day on the abundance of first zoeae and megalopae were significant (p < 0.05). These results provide evidence that a component with sermlunar periodicity is associated with the release of C. maenas larvae. That the release activity occurs well after sunset is also an additional interesting feature of these observations, inasmuch as larval release in decapods is usually concentrated within the first few hours after dusk. These observations support earlier observations that it is the time during the day-night cycle of high tide, as opposed to tidal amplitude, which is the important factor promoting synchrony with the lunar cycle.

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“…On days without an exchange of water between the lagoon and the sea, freshly hatched crab larvae may survive, without developing any further, until they can leave the lagoon with a later ebb tide. 1978: DeCoursey, 1979Forward et ai., 1982: DeVries et al, 1983bDeVries & Forward. This is corroborated by laboratory experiments on larval tolerance of C. granulata (Anger, unpubl.…”

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Hatching rhythms and dispersion of decapod crustacean larvae in a brackish coastal lagoon in Argentina

Anger

Spivak

Bas

et al. 1994

Helgolander Meeresunters

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Mar Chiquita, a brackish coastal lagoon in central Argentina, is inhabited by dense populations of two intertidal grapsid crab species, Cyrtograpsus angulatus and Chasrnagnathus granulata. During a prehminary one-year study and a subsequent intensive sampling programme (November-December 1992), the physical properties and the occurrence of decapod crustacean larvae in the surface water of the lagoon were investigated. The lagoon is characterized by highly variable physical conditions, with oligohahne waters frequently predominating over extended periods. The adjacent coastal waters show a complex pattern of semidiurnal tides that often do not influence the lagoon, due to the existence of a sandbar across its entrance. Besides frequently occurring larvae (exclusively freshly hatched zoeae and a few megalopae) of the two dominating crab species, those of three other brachyurans [Plathyxanthus crenulatus, Uca uruguayensis, Pinnixa patagonica) and of one anomuran (the porcellanid Pachycheles haigae) were also found occasionally. Caridean shrimp (Palaemonetes argentinus) larvae occurred in a moderate number of samples, with a maximum density of 800. m -3. The highest larval abundance was recorded in C. angulatus, with almost 8000. m -3. Significantly more C. angulatus and C. granulata zoeae occurred at night than during daylight conditions, and more larvae (statistically significant only in the former species) during ebb (outflowing) than during flood (inflowing) tides. In consequence, most crab zoeae were observed during nocturnal ebb, the least with diurnal flood tides. Our data suggest that crab larvae do not develop in the lagoon, where the adult populations live, but exhibit an export strategy, probably based upon exogenously coordinated egg hatching rhythms. Zoeal development must take place in coastal marine waters, from where the megalopa eventually returns for settlement and metamorphosis in the lagoon. Significantly higher larval frequency of C. granulata in low salinities (--< 12%o) and at a particular sampling site may be related to local distribution patterns of the reproducing adult population. Unhke crab larvae, those of shrimp (P. argentinus) are retained inside the lagoon, where they develop from hatching through metamorphosis. They significantly prefer low salinity and occur at the lagoon surface more often at night. These patterns cannot be explained by larval release rhythms hke those in brachyuran crabs, but may reflect diel vertical migrations to the bottom. It is concluded that osmotic stress as well as predation pressure exerted by visually directed predators (small species or life-cycle stages of estuarine fishes) may be the principal selection factors for the evolution of hatching and migration rhythms in decapod larvae, and that these are characteristics of export or retention mechanisms, respectively.

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Lunar rhythms in the egg hatching of the subtidal crustacean: Callinectes arcuatus Ordway (Decapoda: Brachyura)

Cited by 31 publications

References 24 publications

Incubation of Eggs and Embryonic Development of the Fiddler Crab, Uca Lactea (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Incubation of Eggs and Embryonic Development of the Fiddler Crab, Uca Lactea (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Larval abundance patterns of Carcinus maenas (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Canal de Mira (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

Hatching rhythms and dispersion of decapod crustacean larvae in a brackish coastal lagoon in Argentina

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