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The effect of temperature and salinity on the larval development of Stenorhynchus seticornis (Brachyura: Inachidae) reared in the laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2010

Jesús E. Hernández ,
José Luis Palazón-Fernández ,
Gonzalo Hernández  and
Juan Bolaños
Jesús E. Hernández
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oriente, Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Boca del Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
José Luis Palazón-Fernández*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oriente, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas, Boca del Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Gonzalo Hernández
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oriente, Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Boca del Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Juan Bolaños
Affiliation:
Universidad de Oriente, Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Boca del Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.L. Palazón-Fernández, Universidad de Oriente, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas, Boca del Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela emails: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Abstract

Larvae of Stenorhynchus seticornis were reared in the laboratory in a factorial experiment employing three temperatures (22, 25 and 28°C) and three salinities (30, 35 and 40‰) to determine the effects of these variables on the survival and duration of the larval stages. Larvae from five females were subdivided in six groups of 10 and reared in glass bowls containing 125 ml filtered and UV-irradiated seawater at different temperature–salinity combinations. Larvae were transferred daily to clean bowls with newly hatched Artemia nauplii, and the number of moults and mortality within each bowl was recorded. Complete larval development of S. seticornis occurred under all experimental conditions, except at temperature 28°C and salinity 35‰. Salinity affected percentage survival of the two zoeal stages, but not that of the megalopa. Survival of the second zoeal stage, the megalopa, and the complete development to the first crab was affected by temperature, with the greatest survival occurring at 25°C. Duration of the two zoeal stages, the megalopa, and development to the first crab stage showed a gradual reduction with increasing temperature. Development from hatching to the first crab stage required 17 to 31 days and was inversely related to temperature, averaging 26.9 days at 22°C, 21.0 days at 25°C and 19.7 days at 28°C. Salinity affected the duration of the first zoeal stage only.

Keywords

larval developmenttemperaturesalinityStenorhynchus seticornis
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 92 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 505 - 513
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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