Morphology of the larval shell of three oyster species of the genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897 (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Sw. Christo²  Tm. Absher¹  G. Boehs¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa Departamento de Biologia Geral Curitiba PR ,Brazil

关键词: Crassostrea;    oyster larvae;    prodissoconch;    shell morphology;    Crassostrea;    larvas de ostra;    prodissoconcha;    morfologia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842010000300023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In this study we describe the morphology of the larval shell of three oyster species of Crassostrea genus. Two species, C. rhizophorae and C. brasiliana, are native to the Brazilian coast, and C. gigas is an introduced species. Samples of laboratory reared larvae, obtained through artificial fertilisation, were collected at intervals during the cultivation process for analysis using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Prodissoconch morphology was observed in relation to the presence, position, form and number of teeth in the three larval stages: D-shaped larva, umbo larva and pediveliger. Characteristic of D-shaped larvae of C. rhizophorae was the total absence of teeth in the provinculum area while C. brasiliana and C. gigas had two anterior and two posterior teeth in each valve. In the umbo larval phase, the three species had the same number of teeth in each valve: two posterior and two anterior teeth in the right valve and three posterior and three anterior in the left valve. In the pediveliger stage the three species could be differentiated by the number of anterior teeth of the right valve: C. rhizophorae had two teeth, C. brasiliana one tooth and C. gigas three teeth.

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