Extended hatching periods in the subantarctic lithodid crabs Lithodes santolla and Paralomis granulosa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)

Temporal pattern of hatching was studied in the subantarctic lithodid crabs Lithodes santolla (Molina) and Paralomis granulosa (Jaquinot) from the Argentine Beagle Channel. In both species, larval hatching occurred in low daily numbers over an extended period of up to several weeks, depending on hat...

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Autores: Thatje, S., Calcagno, J.A., Lovrich, G.A., Sartoris, F.J., Anger, K.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:paperaa:paper_1438387X_v57_n2_p110_Thatje
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1438387X_v57_n2_p110_Thatje
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Behaviour
Energy investment
Hatching mode
Reproduction
Stone crabs
adaptation
crab
hatching
oxygen consumption
Argentina
Argentina (fish)
Crustacea
Decapoda (Crustacea)
Lithodes
Lithodes santolla
Lithodidae
Paralomis
Paralomis granulosa
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Sumario:Temporal pattern of hatching was studied in the subantarctic lithodid crabs Lithodes santolla (Molina) and Paralomis granulosa (Jaquinot) from the Argentine Beagle Channel. In both species, larval hatching occurred in low daily numbers over an extended period of up to several weeks, depending on hatch size. Low daily hatching activity and low oxygen-consumption rates in freshly hatched P. granulosa larvae are discussed as life history adaptations to, and/or physiological constraints by, the environmental conditions of high latitudes.