THE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OFPINNIXA LONGIPES(LOCKINGTON, 1877) (BRACHYURA : PINNOTHERIDAE), REARED IN THE LABORATORY
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 159 (3) , 592-605
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1540825
Abstract
Larvae of Pinnixa longipes, a commensal with the polychaete Axiothella rubrocincta. were reared to the megalopa stage in the laboratory. The zoeae were cultured at 34‰, 20°C, fed a combination of Dunaliella tertiolecta and Phaeodactylum tricornutum daily, and provided with a photoperiod of 12 h each of light and dark. The five zoeal and one megalopal stages are described and figured in detail, including the arrangement of chromatophores and various types of setae. Zoeae of P. longipes can be distinguished from other Pinnotherid zoeae, for which descriptions are available, on the basis of morphological characteristics.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: