JPR Advance Access originally published online on September 27, 2005
Journal of Plankton Research 2005 27(11):1189-1194; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbi073
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Correct diagnosis of early zoeal stages of Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814) (Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae) using laboratory-raised larvae
1 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Pescas, Ipimar, Avenida de Brasília, S/N 1449-006 Lisboa, Portugal and 2 CCMAR, Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
* Corresponding Author: cbartilotti{at}ipimar.pt
Received April 27, 2005; accepted in principle August 30, 2005; accepted for publication September 14, 2005; published online September 27, 2005
Communicating editor: K.J. Flynn
The morphology of the first two larval stages of Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814), reared under laboratory conditions, is redescribed. The present data are compared with previous works, since a clarification of the morphological characters of the first two larval stages of A. nitescens is needed, in order to avoid misidentification of these stages in the future.