Gonopod tegumental glands: A new accessory sex gland in the brachyura

Marine Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-444

  Beninger, P G ^a   Larocque, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CANCER IRRORATUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; GRAPSUS ADSCENSIONIS; GRAPSUS GRAPSUS; OVALIPES OCELLATUS; PETROLISTHES ARMATUS; PORTUNUS SEBAE;

EID: 0031727007     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050409     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Abele LG (1971) Scanning electron micrographs of brachyuran gonopods. Crustaceana 21: 218-219
2. Adiyodi RG (1983) Reproduction and its control. In: Bliss DE, Mantel LH (eds) The biology of Crustacea. Vol. 9. Integument, pigments, and hormonal processes. Academic Press, New York, pp 147-215
3. Anonymous (1995) Fishery statistics - captures and landings. FAO, Rome
4. Bailey RF, Elner RW (1989) Northwest Atlantic snow crab fisheries: lessons in research and management. In: Caddy JF (ed) Marine invertebrate fisheries: their assessment and management. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp 261-280
5. Bauer RT (1986) Phylogenetic trends in sperm transfer and storage complexity in decapod crustaceans. J Crustacean Biol 6: 313-325
6. Bauer RT, Martin JW (eds) (1991) Crustacean sexual biology. Columbia University Press, New York
7. Bauer RT, Min LJ (1993) Spermatophores and plug substance of the marine shrimp Trachypenaeus similis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Peneidae): formation in the male reproductive tract and disposition in the inseminated female. Biol Bull mar biol Lab, Woods Hole 185: 174-185
8. Bawab FM, El-Sherief SS (1989) Contributions to the study of the origin, nature, and formation of the plug in the spermatheca of the female crab Portunus pelagicus (Linneus, 1766) (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crutaceana 57: 9-24
9. Beninger PG, Elner RW, Foyle T, Odense P (1988) Functional anatomy of the male reproductive system and the female spermatheca in the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius) (Decapoda: Majidae) and a hypothesis for fertilization. J Crustacean Biol 8: 322-332
10. Beninger PG, Elner RW, Poussart Y (1991) Gonopods of the majid crab Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius). J Crustacean Biol 11: 217-228
11. Beninger PG, Ferguson A, Lanteigne C (1995) The gonopod tegumental glands of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) are accessory reproductive glands. J Shellfish Res 14: 365-370
12. Beninger PG, Lanteigne C, Elner RW (1993) Reproductive processes revealed by spermatophore dehiscence experiments and by histology, ultrastructure, and histochemistry of the reproductive system in the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius). J Crustacean Biol 13: 1-16
13. Chambers CL, Payne JF, Kennedy ML (1980) Geographic variation in the first pleopod of the form I male dwarf crayfish, Cambarellus puer Hobbs (Decapoda, Cambaridae). Crustaceanea 38: 169-177
14. Chen PS (1984) The functional morphology and biochemistry of insect male accessory glands and their secretions. A Rev Ent 29: 233-255
15. Chidester FE (1911) The mating habits of four species of the Brachyura. Biol Bull mar bio Lab, Woods Hole 21: 235-248
16. Christy JH (1987) Competitive mating, mate choice, and mating associations of brachyuran crabs. Bull mar Sci 41: 177-191
17. Diesel R (1990) Sperm competition and reproductive success in a decapod Inachius phalangium (Majidae): a male ghost spider crab that seals off rivals' sperm. J Zool, Lond 220: 213-224
18. Diesel R (1991) Sperm competition and mating behavior in Brachyura, with special reference to spider crabs (Majidae). In: Bauer RT, Martin JW (eds) Crustacean sexual biology. Columbia University Press, New York, pp 145-163
19. Einer RW, Beninger PG (1995) Multiple reproductive strategies in snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio: physiological pathways and behavioral plasticity. J exp mar Biol Ecol 193: 93-112
20. Felgenhauer BE (1992) External anatomy and integumentary structures. In: Harrison FW, Humes AG (eds) Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates. Vol. 10. Decapod Crustacea. Wiley-Liss, New York, pp 7-43
21. Fingerman M (1992) Glands and secretion. In: Harrison FW, Humes AG (eds) Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates. Vol. 10. Decapod Crustacea. Wiley-Liss, New York, pp 345-394
22. Garth JS (1958) Brachyura of the Pacific coast of America. Oxyrhyncha. Allan Hancock Pacif Exped 21: 1-854
23. George MJ (1963) The anatomy of the crab Neptunus sanguinolentus Herbst. Part IV. Reproductive system and embryological studies. J Madras Univ (Sect B) 33: 289-304
24. Haefner PA (1985) The biology and exploitation of crabs. In: Provenzano AJ (ed) The biology of Crustacea. Vol. 10. Economic aspects, fisheries, and culture. Academic Press, New York, pp 111-166
25. Halcrow K (1993) Pore canal systems and associated cuticular microstructures in amphipod crustaceans. In: Horst MN, Freeman JA (eds) The crustacean integument: morphology and biochemistry. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 39-77
26. Hartnoll RG (1969) Mating in the Brachyura. Crustaceana 16: 161-181
27. Hartnoll RG (1975) Copulatory structure and function in the Dromiacea, and their bearing on the evolution of the Brachyura. Pubbl Stazi zool Napoli 39(Suppl): 657-676
28. Johnson PT (1980) Histology of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: a model for the Decapoda. Praeger Publishers, New York, pp 327-367
29. Lanteigne C, Beninger PG, Gionet C (1996) Ontogeny of the female primary sexual characters in the majid crabs Chionoecetes opilio and Hyas coarctatus. J Crustacean Biol 16: 501-514
30. Martin JW, Abele LG (1986) Notes on male pleopod morphology in the brachyuran crab family Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893, sensu Guinot (1978) (Decapoda). Crustaceanea 50: 182-198
31. Nishimura S (1967) Male first pleopods of the majid brachyurans Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius) and C. japonicus Rathbun from the Japan Sea. Publ Seto mar biol Lab 15: 165-171
32. Parker GA (1970) Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects. Biol Rev 45: 525-568
33. Radha T, Subramoniam T (1985) Origin and nature of the spermatophoric mass of the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus. Mar Biol 86: 13-19
34. Ryan EP (1967) Structure and function of the reproductive system of the crab Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst) (Brachyura: Portunidae). The female system. In: Proceedings of the symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam. Part II. Marine Biological Association of India, Bangalore Press, Bangalore, India, pp 522-544
35. Sasikala SL, Subramoniam T (1987) On the occurrence of acid mucopolysaccharides in the spermatophores of two marine prawns, Penaeus indicus (Milne-Edwards) and Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius) (Crustacea: Macrura). J exp mar Biol Ecol 113: 145-153
36. Sastry AN (1983) Ecological aspects of reproduction. In: Vernberg FJ, Vernberg WB (eds) The biology of Crustacea. Vol. 8. Environmental adaptations. Academic Press, New York, pp 179-270
37. Sévigny J-M, Sainte-Marie B (1996) Electrophoretic data support the last-male precedence hypothesis in the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Brachyura: Majidae). J Shellfish Res 15: 437-440
38. Spalding JF (1942) The nature and formation of the spermatophore and sperm plue in Carcinus maenas. Q Jl microsc Sci 83:399-422
39. Stephensen K (1946) The Branchyura of the Iranian Gulf. Appendix: the male pleopoda of the Brachyura. In: Danish scientific investigations in Iran, Part IV. Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, pp 57-237
40. Stevenson JR (1985) Dynamics of the integument. In: Bliss DE, Mantel LH (eds) The biology of Crustacea. Vol. 9. Integument, pigments, and hormonal processes. Academic Press, New York, pp 1-42
41. Subramoniam T (1991) Chemical composition of spermatophores in decapod crustaceans. In: Bauer T, Martin JW (eds) Crustacean sexual biology. Columbia University Press, New York, pp 308-321
42. Subramoniam T (1993) Spermatophores and sperm tranfer in marine crustaceans. Adv mar Biol 29: 129-214
43. Talbot P, Demers D (1993) Tegumental glands of Crustacea. In: Horst MN, Freeeman JA (eds) The crustacean integument: morphology and biochemistry. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 152-191
44. Waage JK (1979) Dual function of the damselfly penis: sperm removal and transfer. Science 203: 916-918
45. Wenner A, Kuris A (eds) (1991) Crustacean egg production. A A Balkema Inc, Rotterdam
46. Williams A (1965) Marine decapod cructaceans of the Carolinas. Fish Bull US 65: 1-271