General Survey of the Carotenoids in Crustacea

Castillo, René Jiménez; Nègre-Sadargues, Geneviève; Lenel, Roland

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“…The pigment, astaxanthin and its esters, are often present in demersal and infaunal microcrustaceans (Castillo et al 1982, Repeta & Gagosian 1987. Astaxanthin and its esters eluted as a major and a minor peak (Fig.…”

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Sedimentary pigments and organic carbon in relation to microalgal and benthic faunal abundance in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Burford¹,

Long²,

Rothlisberg³

1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Sediment samples were collected at 105 sites throughout the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, in November-December 1990. Highest concentrations of chlorophyll a in the sediment occurred in 3 regions: the southeast, the northeast and the western Gulf. Fucoxanthin, the pigment indicative of diatoms and pryrnnesiophytes, was present at most sites. Astaxanthin, present in microcrustaceans, was most highly concentrated in the same areas as chlorophyll a. The concentration of organic carbon was highest in the northwest and decreased towards the southeast, and was correlated with an increase in sediment grain size. Correlation analyses of pigments, environmental parameters and macrobenthos indicated relationships between individual pigments, and between pigments, molluscs, polychaetes, crustaceans and depth. When the variation due to sediment grain size was statistically controlled for, organic carbon was found to be a poor indicator of biological factors in the sediment.

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Sedimentary pigments and organic carbon in relation to microalgal and benthic faunal abundance in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Burford¹,

Long²,

Rothlisberg³

1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Most research on zooplankton pigmentation has focused on metazoans, notably the crustaceans (Herring 1968, Hairston 1979, Castillo et al 1982. Systematic studies of microzooplankton pigmentation are scarce, especially for the protozoans.…”

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“…The carotenoids astaxanthin and canthaxanthin are common in metazoans (Castillo et al 1982), and have been reported in trace concentrations in a few types of phytoplankton (Liaenn-Jensen 1979). They are thought to be photoprotective (Hairston 1979) and nlay have metabolic roles as well (Cheeseman et al 1967, Byron 1982.…”

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Carotenoid pigments in microzooplankton

Kleppel¹,

Lessard²

1992

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The carotenoid pigments astaxanthin and canthaxanthin were measured in cultured and field-collected heterotrophic dinoflagellates (2 species), ciliates (3 species) and copepod eggs (1 species). The heterotrophic dinoflagellates contained either astaxanthin or canthaxanthin as a single dominant pigment. Conversely, the choreotrichous ciliates contained both carotenoids. A small amount of canthaxanthin was detected only at high concentrations in the oligotrich Strombidium sp. Copepod eggs contained astaxanthin and xanthophyll esters. The esters were not detected in the protozoans. Cellular pigment content varied both within and between taxonomic groups, but was low compared with phytoplankton. Microzooplankton which have low C:carotenoid ratios (e.g. some dinoflagellates), and large organisms, even when not heavily pigmented (e.g. Favella ehrenbergii) are readily detected by carotenoid analysis. Small, weakly pigmented ciliates, however, are more difficult to detect when they are present in low concentrations. The pigment content of a heterotrophic dinoflagellate (Gymnodinium sp.) cultured at 29 pE m-' S-' (low-light group) was approximately 4 2 % of the average pigment content of the same species cultured in the same food environment but at 290 pE m-2 ss' (highlight group). Inadvertent starvation of the cultures in the low-light group for S 3 d resulted in the loss of all measureable pigmentation.

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“…Carapace surface coloration, or pigmentation, in crustaceans is determined by a combination of both the type and amount of pigment in the exoskeletal material (Fox 1953;Castillo et al 1982) and has been studied in crayfish since long time (Kent 1901). Many crayfish species exhibit a variety of colors that is influenced by genetics (Fox 1953;Volpe & Penn 1957;Walker et al 2000).…”

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Frequency of new marble-colored morph in wild population of Austropotamobius torrentium (Decapoda: Astacidae)

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In contrast with the usual coloration of stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium), we newly discovered a rare marble morph in a brook in the Czech Republic (Central Europe). During mark-recapture sessions, we captured by hand 1,103 individuals over the 3 years 2008-2010 from which only 5 were marble-colored. This color morph's frequency of occurrence was thus less than 1% within the estimated subadult and adult stone crayfish population. Although many biological papers and determination keys regarding crayfish are based upon analysis of exoskeletal coloration, recent studies have asserted that this characteristic provides unreliable guidance when determining species inasmuch as it easily results in errors because many crayfish species exhibit an extensive variety of color morphs.

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General Survey of the Carotenoids in Crustacea

Cited by 31 publications

References 76 publications

Sedimentary pigments and organic carbon in relation to microalgal and benthic faunal abundance in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Sedimentary pigments and organic carbon in relation to microalgal and benthic faunal abundance in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Carotenoid pigments in microzooplankton

Frequency of new marble-colored morph in wild population of Austropotamobius torrentium (Decapoda: Astacidae)

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