TY - JOUR
AU1 - Bursey, C.R.
AB -  SALINITY TOLERANCE AND OSMOTIC RESPONSE IN TWO SPECIES OF SPIDER CRABS OF THE GENUS LIBINIA (DECAPODA BRACHYURA, MAJIDAE) BY C. R. BURSEY Shenango Valley Campus, The Pennsylvania State University, Sharon, Pennsylvania, 16146, U.S.A. ' ' INTRODUCTION The spider crabs, Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815, and L. dubia H. Milne Edwards, 1834, are familiar inhabitants of the sublittoral zone of the eastern coast of North America. L. emarginata is found from shore to a depth of 60 m, its range extending from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico; L. dubia occurs in deep euhaline estuarine waters from Cape Cod to Cuba and Texas (Kaestner, 1970). The spider crab family, Majidae, forms a major group of sublittoral marine decapods. They are considered by many to be stenohaline osmocon- formers. This generalization appears to be based upon data from three species. Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788) was acclimated only to 80°?o sea water (Duval, 1925). Later, M. squinado was found to swell initially when transferred to 80% sea water (Schwabe, 1933); however, by the time the body weight had returned to its original value, the osmoconcentration of the hemolymph was the same as that of the diluted sea water. Likewise, when placed 
TI - Salinity Tolerance and Osmotic Response in Two Species of Spider Crabs of the Genus Libinia (Decapoda Brachyura, Majidae)
JF - Crustaceana
DO - 10.1163/156854082X00867
DA - 1982-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/salinity-tolerance-and-osmotic-response-in-two-species-of-spider-crabs-2Sqn8MVjVl
SP - 194
EP - 200
VL - 42
IS - 1-2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -