Neopisosoma angustifrons (Benedict, 1901): the complete larval development under laboratory conditions, with notes on larvae of the related genus Pachycheles (Decapoda Anomura, Porcellanidae)

• Main Author: Gore, R. H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 1975
• Subjects: Decapoda (Crustacea); Porcellanidae; Porcelain crabs; Carapace (Anatomy); Larvae; Pachycheles; Pacific; Benedict; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=3336691

The porcellanid crab genus Neopisosoma as presently recognized, is a small and entirely American taxon containing five species; two from the tropical western North Atlantic, and three from the tropical eastern Pacific. The genus was established by Haig in 1960 in order to separate certain species which closely resembled members of the genus Pachycheles, but which differed from that genus in a number of characters, most notably in the structure and number of the fragmented epimera of the carapace. This manuscript is a preprint version with the final publication available at http://www.brill.nl/crustaceana and may be cited as: Gore, R. H. (1975). Neopisosoma angustifrons (Benedict, 1901): the complete larval development under laboratory conditions, with notes on larvae of the related genus Pachycheles (Decapoda Anomura, Porcellanidae). Crustaceana, 33(3), 284-300. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #84.