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Illustrated keys for the identification of the Pleocyemata (Crustacea: Decapoda) zoeal stages, from the coastal region of south-western Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2004

Antonina dos Santos  and
Juan Ignacio González-Gordillo
Antonina dos Santos
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar, Avenida de Brasilia s/n, 1449-006 Lisbon, Portugal
Juan Ignacio González-Gordillo
Affiliation:
Centro Andaluz de Ciencia y Tecnología Marinas, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus de Puerto Real, 11510—Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain
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Abstract

The identification keys of the zoeal stages of Pleocyemata decapod larvae from the coastal region of south-western Europe, based on both new and previously published descriptions and illustrations, are provided. The keys cover 127 taxa, most of them identified to genus and species level. These keys were mainly constructed upon external morphological characters, which are easy to observe under a stereomicroscope. Moreover, the presentation of detailed figures allows a non-specialist to make identifications more easily.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 205 - 227
Copyright
© 2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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