Larval development of Clastotoechus nodosus (Streets, 1872) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Porcellanidae), under laboratory conditions

The larval development of Clastotoechus nodosus is described and illustrated from specimens obtained from four females collected in shallow waters from Cubagua island, Venezuela (southeastern Caribbean) and reared in the laboratory. C. nodosus hatches as a prezoea of less than 60 minutes´ duration a...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Hernández, Isabel Magán, Karen Graterol, Juan Ignacio Gaviria, Juan Antonio Bolaños, Carlos Lira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2003-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/498