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Abrunhosa,Fernando; Melo,Marlon; Lima,Jô de Farias; Abrunhosa,Jacqueline. |
In this study, the gross morphology of the mouthparts and foregut of the ghost shrimp Lepidophthalmus siriboia were investigated from larvae and postlarvae reared in the laboratory. The mouthparts (maxillae and maxillipeds) of the zoeae have a reduced number of setae and spines (or is absent in some individuals), and the foregut, under developed, have few minute setae in the cardiac and pyloric chambers. In contrast, after the metamorphosis into megalopa stage, all feeding appendages have many setae and, the foregut shows a well-developed gastric mill with strong lateral teeth. In the juvenile stage occurs an increase of setae and spines in the mouthparts and the foregut becomes more specialized. These observations strongly suggest that a lecithotrophic... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Callianassidae; Lepidophthalmus siriboia; Mouthparts; Foregut; Morphology. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672006000300008 |
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Abrunhosa,Fernando A.; Simith,Darlan J.B.; Palmeira,Carlos A.M.; Arruda,Danielle C.B.. |
Food supply is considered critical for a successful culturing of decapod larvae. However, some species may present yolk reserve sufficient to complete their larval development without external food supply (known as lecithotrophic larval development). In the present study, two experiments were carried out in order to verify whether the callianassid Lepidophthalmus siriboia have lecithotrophic behaviour or, if they need external food for their larval development: Experiment 1, larvae submitted to an initial feeding period and Experiment 2, larvae submitted to an initial starvation period. High survival rate was observed in both experiments, in which only 2 megalopae and 1 zoea III died. These results strongly suggest that larvae of L. siriboia are... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Behaviour; Callianassidae; Larval development; Lecithotrophy; Lepidophthalmus siriboia; Starvation. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652008000400005 |
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