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Two Phyllosome Larvae of Panulirus Laevicauda (Latreille, 1817) (Decapoda, Palinuridae) From the Caribbean Sea With a Discussion About Larval Groups Within the Genus

Two Phyllosome Larvae of Panulirus Laevicauda (Latreille, 1817) (Decapoda, Palinuridae) From the... TWO PHYLLOSOME LARVAE OF PANULIRUS LAEVICAUDA (LATREILLE, 1817) (DECAPODA, PALINURIDAE) FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT LARVAL GROUPS WITHIN THE GENUS BY JULIO A. BAISRE and MARÍA E. RUIZ DE QUEVEDO Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Miramar, La Habana, Cuba INTRODUCTION There are only four species of Panulirus in the tropical western Atlantic region: P. argus (Latreille) and P. guttatus (Latreille) ranging from Bermuda to Brazil and Barbados, respectively; P. laeaicauda recorded from southern Florida to Brazil and P. echinatus (Smith) confined to the northeast of Brazil and the mid-Atlantic islands (Holthuis, 1946, 1961, in litt.). For larval-ecological studies of the commercial species of spiny lobster it is very important not to confuse their larvae with those of closely related species. While P. argus larvae are well known (Crawford & De Smidt, 1922; Lebour, 1950; Lewis, 1951; Baisre, 1964) there are no published descriptions of larvae of the other three species although Robertson (1968) mentioned to have obtained larvae of P. t.at.us under laboratory conditions. In this paper we describe two phyllosomes from Panulirus, different from those of P. argus, which have been collected in the Caribbean Sea. Attempts to identify these larvae lead us to review previous http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Two Phyllosome Larvae of Panulirus Laevicauda (Latreille, 1817) (Decapoda, Palinuridae) From the Caribbean Sea With a Discussion About Larval Groups Within the Genus

Baisre, Julio A.; Ruiz De Quevedo, Maria E.
Crustaceana , Volume 43 (2): 7 – Jan 1, 1982
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TWO PHYLLOSOME LARVAE OF PANULIRUS LAEVICAUDA (LATREILLE, 1817) (DECAPODA, PALINURIDAE) FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT LARVAL GROUPS WITHIN THE GENUS BY JULIO A. BAISRE and MARÍA E. RUIZ DE QUEVEDO Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Miramar, La Habana, Cuba INTRODUCTION There are only four species of Panulirus in the tropical western Atlantic region: P. argus (Latreille) and P. guttatus (Latreille) ranging from Bermuda to Brazil and Barbados, respectively; P. laeaicauda recorded from southern Florida to Brazil and P. echinatus (Smith) confined to the northeast of Brazil and the mid-Atlantic islands (Holthuis, 1946, 1961, in litt.). For larval-ecological studies of the commercial species of spiny lobster it is very important not to confuse their larvae with those of closely related species. While P. argus larvae are well known (Crawford & De Smidt, 1922; Lebour, 1950; Lewis, 1951; Baisre, 1964) there are no published descriptions of larvae of the other three species although Robertson (1968) mentioned to have obtained larvae of P. t.at.us under laboratory conditions. In this paper we describe two phyllosomes from Panulirus, different from those of P. argus, which have been collected in the Caribbean Sea. Attempts to identify these larvae lead us to review previous

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Published: Jan 1, 1982

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