Spermathecae of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus: A histological and histochemical view

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 903-911

  Sant'Anna, Bruno Sampaio ^a   Pinheiro, Marcelo Antonio Amaro ^a   Mataqueiro, Márcia ^b   Zara, Fernando José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Research Group in Crustacea Biology (CRUSTA)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRAB; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HISTOLOGY; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERMATOPHORE;

BRAZIL; IGUAPE; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCYLLA; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 34547534717     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407056676     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Adiyodi, R.G., 1988. Reproduction and development. In Biology of land crabs (ed. W.W. Burggren and B.R. Mcmahon) pp. 139-185. cambridge, new York.
2. Anikumar, G. & Adiyodi, K.G., 1977. Spermatheca of the fresh water crab, Paratelphusa hydrodromus (Herbst) in relation to the ovarian cycle. In Advances in invertebrate reproduction (ed. K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi). Kerala: Peralom-Kenoth.
3. Beninger, P.G., Elner, R.W., Foyle, T.P. & Odense, P.H., 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. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 8, 322-332.
4. Beninger, P.G., Lanteigne, C. & Elner, R.W., 1993. Reproductive processes revealed by spermatophore dehiscence experiments and by histology, ultrastructure, and histochemistry of the female reproductive system in the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 13, 1-16.
5. Brown, A. Jr, Talbot, P., Summers, R.G. & Clark, W.H. Jr, 1977. Comparative analysis of Decapoda sperm. Journal of Cellular Biology, 75, 170-178.
6. Dalabona, G. & Silva, J.L., 2005. Período reprodutivo de Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus) (Brachyura, Ocypodidae) na Baía das laranjeiras, sul do Brasil. Acta Biologica Paraense, 34(1,2,3,4), 115-126.
7. Diesel, R., 1988. Discrete storage of multiple-mating sperm in the spider crab Inachus phalangium. Naturwissenschaften, 75, 148-149.
8. Diesel, R., 1989. Structure and function of the reproductive system of the symbiotic spider crab Inachus phalangium (Decapoda: Majidae): observations on sperm transfer, sperm storage and spawning. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 9, 266-277.
9. Diesel, R., 1990. Sperm competition and reproductive success in the decapod Inachus phalangium (Majidae): a male ghost spider crab that seals off rival's sperm. Journal of Zoology, 220, 213-223.
10. George, M.J., 1963. The anatomy of the crab Neptunus sanguinolentus Herbst. Part IV. Reproductive system and embryological studies. Journal of Madras University, 33, 289-304.
11. Hattori, G.Y., 2002. Biologia Populacional do Caranguejo de Mangue Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae) em Iguape (SP). Msc thesis, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.
12. Hines, A.H., Jivoff, P.R., Bushmann, J.P., Montfrans J. van, Reed, S.A., Wolcott, D.L. & Wolcott, T.G., 2003. Evidence for sperm limitation in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Bulletin of Marine Science, 72, 287-310.
13. Jayasankar, V. & Subramonian, T., 1999. Antibacterial activity of seminal plasma of the mud crab Scylla serrata (Forsskål). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 236, 253-259.
14. Jivoff, P., 1997. The relative roles of predation and sperm competition on the duration of the post-copulatory association between the sexes in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Behavior Ecology and Sociobiology, 40, 175-185.
15. Johnson, P.T., 1980. Histology of the blue crab callinectes sapidus: a model for the Decapoda. new York: Praeger Press.
16. Junqueira, L.C. & Carneiro, J., 2004. Histologia Básica, 10th edn. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan.
17. Junqueira, L.C.U. & Junqueira, L.M.M.S., 1983. Técnicas Básicas de Citologia e Histologia. São Paulo: Santos Press.
18. Kiernan, J.A., 1999. Histological and histochemical methods - theory and practice. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
19. López-Greco, L.S., López, G.C. & Rodríguez, E.M., 1999. Morphology of spermathecae in the estuarine crab Chasmagnatus granulate Dana 1851 (Grapsidae, Sesarminae). Journal of Zoology, 249, 490-493.
20. Matos, E., Matos, P., Corral, L. & Azevedo, C., 2000. Ultraestrutura do espermatozóide de Ucides cordatus Linnaeus (Crustacea, Ocypodidae) do litoral norte do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 17, 753-756.
21. McManus, J.F.A., 1946. Histological demonstration of mucin after periodic acid. Nature, London, 158, 202.
22. Mota-Alves, M.I., 1975. Sobre a reprodução do caranguejo-uçá, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus), em mangues do estado do Ceará (Brasil). Arquivos de Ciencias do Mar, 15, 85-91.
23. Pinheiro, M.A.A. & Fransozo, A., 2002. Reproduction of the speckled swimming crab Arenaeus cribrarius (Brachyura: Portunidae) on the Brazilian Coast near 23°30'S. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 22, 416-428.
24. Ryan, E.P., 1967. Structure and function of the reproductive system of the crab Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst) (Brachyura: Portunidae). I - The Male system. Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam. Part III, pp. 506-521. Marine Biological Association of India. Bangalore, India: Bangalore Press.
25. Sainte-Marie, G. & Sainte-Marie, B., 1998. Morphology of the spermathecae, oviduct, intermediate chamber, and vagina of the adult snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76, 1589-1604.
26. Sainte-Marie, G. & Sainte-Marie, B., 1999. reproductive products in the adult snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). II. Multiple types of sperm cells and of spermatophores in the Spermathecae of mated females. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77, 451-462.
27. Sainte-Marie, G., Sainte-Marie, B. & Sérvingny, J.M., 2000. Ejaculate-storage patterns and the site of fertilization in the female snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio; Brachyura, Majidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78, 1902-1917.
28. Urbani, N., Sainte-Marie, B., Sérving, J.M., Zadworny, D. & Kuhnlein, U., 1998. Sperm competition and paternity assurance during the first breeding period of female snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) (Brachyura: Majidae). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 55, 1104-1113.
29. Vidal, B.C., 1970. Dichroism in collagen bundles stained with xylidine ponceau 2R. Annales d'Histochimie, 15, 289-296.
30. Wolcott, D.L., Hopkins, C.W.B. & Wolcott, T.G., 2005. Early events in seminal fluid and sperm storage in the female blue crab Callinectes sapidus rathbun: effects of male mating history, male size and, season. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 319, 43-55.