Primeiro estágio juvenil de Aegla prado Schmitt (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Aeglidae)

Abstract

THE FIRST JUVENIL STAGE OF AWLA PRADO SCHMITT (CRUSTACEA, DECA- PODA, ANOMURA, AEGLlDAE). The firstjuvenil stage of A egla prado Schimitt, 1942 is described and illustrated. The species A. prado showed a direct development, without the swimming free larval formo The most important appendages of the first juvenile stage were analysed: first and second antenna, mandible, first, second and third maxillipeds, first and fifth pereopods, telson and uropods. Setal formula for the first stage and setae characteristics are presented. KEY