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THE LARVAL STAGES OF PLEURONCODES PLANIPES STIMPSON (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, GALATHEIDAE)

Carl M. Boyd

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The larval stages of a galatheid decapod crustacean, Pleuroncodes planipes, have been identified, described and figured. There are five stages. First stage larvae were hatched from eggs carried by adults; no larvae molted under laboratory conditions. Larval morphology indicates that the genus Pleuroncodes is more closely allied to the genus Munida than to Galathea. The larvae occur in high densities (42,000/1000 m.3) in the region of Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico.

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The larval stages of a galatheid decapod crustacean, Pleuroncodes planipes, have been identified, described and figured. There are five stages. First stage larvae were hatched from eggs carried by adults; no larvae molted under laboratory conditions. Larval morphology indicates that the genus Pleuroncodes is more closely allied to the genus Munida than to Galathea. The larvae occur in high densities (42,000/1000 m.3) in the region of Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico.

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The larval stages of a galatheid decapod crustacean, Pleuroncodes planipes, have been identified, described and figured. There are five stages. First stage larvae were hatched from eggs carried by adults; no larvae molted under laboratory conditions. Larval morphology indicates that the genus Pleuroncodes is more closely allied to the genus Munida than to Galathea. The larvae occur in high densities (42,000/1000 m.3) in the region of Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico.

Key concepts: Biology, Decapoda, Larva, Crustacean, Bay, Zoology, Genus, Ecology

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