Fecundity of Uca uruguayensis and Chasmagnathus granulatus (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the "Refugio de Vida Silvestre" Bahía Samborombón, Argentina

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Ii. César¹  Lc. Armendáriz¹  Rv. Becerra¹ 

[1] ,Universidad Nacional de La Plata Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo División Zoología InvertebradosLa Plata,Argentina

关键词: fecundity;    Uca uruguayensis;    Chasmagnathus granulatus;    Argentina;    fecundidade;    Uca uruguayensis;    Chasmagnathus granulatus;    Argentina;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842007000400023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the present work conducted at the Refugio de Vida Silvestre Bahía Samborombón is to analyse the most relevant aspects of the fecundity of Chasmagnathus granulatus and Uca uruguayensis. Samplings were carried out from March 2001 to February 2003. Ovigerous females of U. uruguayensis (N = 13) and C. granulatus (N = 25) were found during spring and summer, their sizes (CW) varied from 9.1 to 11.7 µm for the former species and from 22.8 to 32.4 mm for the latter. The egg diameter in U. uruguayensis ranged from 245 to 260 µm for embryos in the early stage of development and from 250 to 345 µm for those in mid-developmental stage, while in C. granulatus from 250t o 345 µm and from 260 to 365 µm respectively. Fecundity varied from 1126 to 6745 eggs/brood in U. uruguayensis and 15688-57418 eggs/brood in C. granulatus. For those females with broods in mid-developmental stage, several relationships were made. For U. uruguayensis the best correlation coefficients were obtained for the relationships: female weight vs. egg mass weight and carapace width vs. egg mass weight; for C. granulatus the best association was obtained between female size and the egg number and the egg mass weight.

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