Desenvolvimento larval de Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (Decapoda, Xanthidae), em laboratório

Abstract

The post-embryonic development of lhe crab from lhe north coast of São Paulo State, Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius) was studied in labora- tory. The experiments were performed in a c/imatically controlled room at 24±1 oe at a salinity of 36%0 and the animais were fed with newly hat- ched Artemia salina nauplii. The larval development of E. gonagra comprises 4 stages of zoea and one megalopa. Ali larval stages are iIIustrated and described in de- tail. The main morphological charaçters that allow the identijication of the zoeae and megalopae of E. gonagra are analyzed with respect to other Brasilian species of lhe family Xanthidae.