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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 19 | NUMBER 1 | PAGES 29-41 | 1997
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Larval and postlarval development of Pisa tetraodon (Pennant, 1777) (Decapoda: Majidae) reared in the laboratory
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucia Poliígono de Rio San Pedro, Apartado Oficial, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Received on May 16, 1995; accepted on July 22, 1996 The larval and first crab stages of Pisa tetraodon (Pennant, 1777) were reared in the laboratory from an ovigerous crab collected in the Gulf of Cádiz (Spain). The morphology of the larvae and first crab is described, and compared with those of Pisa armata (Latreille), the only other species of the same genus for which a complete description of the larval stages is presently available.