Las Langostas Chinas (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) Del Caribe Colombiano

Navas, R S Gabriel; Campos, C Néstor Hernando

doi:10.25268/bimc.invemar.1998.27.0.332

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“…The larval duration of S. chacei has been estimated at only 44 days [15], suggesting an adaptation to enhance larval retention close to the parental populations [3]. The adults of S. chacei have a similar bathymetric distribution as those of S. depressus and S. planorbis (~11-300 m, [8,92,93], whereas the adults of B. faxoni occur at even greater depths (229-457 m). Yet, we did not obtain the larvae of S. depressus or S. planorbis in our cruises (there is no knowledge on the larvae of B. faxoni).…”

Section: Scyllaridsmentioning

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Diversity and Distribution of Mid- to Late-Stage Phyllosomata of Spiny and Slipper Lobsters (Decapoda: Achelata) in the Mexican Caribbean

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Achelata (Palinuridae and Scyllaridae) have a flat, transparent, long-lived planktonic larva called phyllosoma, which comprises multiple stages and has a duration from a few weeks (some scyllarids) to >20 months (some palinurids). The larval development of many Achelata occurs in oceanic waters, where conventional plankton nets usually collect the early- to mid-stages but not the later stages, which remain poorly known. We examined the diversity and distribution of mid- and late-stage phyllosomata in the oceanic waters of the Mexican Caribbean, where the swift Yucatan Current is the dominant feature. The plankton samples were collected at night with a large mid-water trawl in autumn 2012 (55 stations) and spring 2013 (34 stations). In total, we obtained 2599 mid- and late-stage phyllosomata (1742 in autumn, 857 in spring) of five palinurids (Panulirus argus, Panulirus guttatus, Panulirus laevicauda, Palinurellus gundlachi, Justitia longimana) and three scyllarids (Parribacus antarcticus, Scyllarides aequinoctialis, Scyllarus chacei). Overall, the mid-stages were ~2.5 times as abundant as the late stages. The palinurids far outnumbered the scyllarids, and P. argus dominated over all the other species, followed at a distance by P. guttatus. The densities of all the species were generally low, with no clear spatial pattern, and the phyllosomata assemblage composition greatly overlapped between seasons. These results suggest the extensive mixing of the organisms entrained in the strong Yucatan Current, which clearly favors the advection of the phyllosomata in this region despite the presence of some local sub-mesoscale features that may favor short-term retention.

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Section: Scyllaridsmentioning

confidence: 99%