The secret life of deep-sea shrimps: ecological and evolutionary clues from the larval description ofSystellaspis debilis(Caridea: Oplophoridae) | Zendy

Cátia Bartilotti | Zendy; Antonina Dos Santos | Zendy

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The secret life of deep-sea shrimps: ecological and evolutionary clues from the larval description ofSystellaspis debilis(Caridea: Oplophoridae)

Author(s) -

Cátia Bartilotti,

Antonina Dos Santos

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

peerj

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.927

H-Index - 70

ISSN - 2167-8359

DOI - 10.7717/peerj.7334

Subject(s) - marine larval ecology , caridea , mesopelagic zone , biology , shrimp , larva , ecology , mediterranean sea , fecundity , zoology , mediterranean climate , decapoda , crustacean , pelagic zone , population , demography , sociology

Currently there are 21 shrimp species in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea which are considered to belong to the superfamily Oplophoroidea, but the larval development is unknown for most of them. The complete larval development of Systellaspis debilis ( Milne-Edwards, 1881 ), here described and illustrated, is the first one to have been successfully reared in the laboratory, consisting of four zoeal and one decapodid stages. The zoeae were found to be fully lecithotrophic, which together with the females’ lower fecundity, are probably evolutionary consequences of the species mesopelagic habitat.

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