Morphological description of the first zoeal stage of the tropical xanthid crab Punopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae)

The first zoeal stage of the tropical xanthid crab Panopeus purpureus Lockington is described based on larvae from an ovigerous female collected from mangroves on the Pacific coast of Panama. The report is the first description of larvae of any Pacific member of this common and ecologically importan...

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Autores: Martin, JW, Rodríguez, A, Zimmerman, TL
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Ciencias Marinas
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:cienciasmarinas.com.mx:article/743
Acceso en línea:https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/743
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:zoea
Panopeus
Pacific
Xanthidae
Panama
Pacífico
Panamá
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Sumario:The first zoeal stage of the tropical xanthid crab Panopeus purpureus Lockington is described based on larvae from an ovigerous female collected from mangroves on the Pacific coast of Panama. The report is the first description of larvae of any Pacific member of this common and ecologically important genus Morphological features are similar to those of previously described larvae of Panopeus from the Atlantic, with some exceptions noted.