Characterization of larval moulting cycles in Maja brachydactyla (Brachyura, Majidae) reared in the laboratory

Aquaculture

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 106-111

  Guerao, Guillermo ^a   Rotllant, Guiomar ^a   Anger, Klaus ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apolysis; Maja brachydactyla; Megalopa; Moult cycle; Setagenesis; Zoea

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRAB; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MARICULTURE; MOLT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REARING;

APOLYSIS; ARANEAE; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAJA BRACHYDACTYLA; MAJIDAE; UROPODA;

EID: 77949657614     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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