Ciclo de vida pós-marsupial e crescimento de Metamysidopsis elongata atlantica (Crustacea, Mysidacea, Mysidae) em cultivo de laboratório
AUTOR(ES)
Gama, Andréa Mara da Silva, Montú, Mônica Adelina, Gusmão, Luiz Felipe M. de
FONTE
Iheringia. Série Zoologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
31/03/2002
RESUMO
Metamysidopsis elongata atlantica (Bacescu, 1968) was reared in the laboratory for 45 days at 20±1°C and salinity of 30ppt. Growth curves (von Bertalanffy model) were calculated for both sexes and for each sex. The daily rate of carapace growth was significantly different between females and males (F test, p <0.05). Before the sexual maturity (14 days), the growth rate of females was higher than that of males (females, 0.0457 mm day-1; males, 0.0448 mm day-1). After the maturity (15 to 45 days), these rates decreased similarly for both sexes (females, 0.0203 mm day-1; males, 0.0174mm day-1). The average growth rate was 0.0207mm day-1 over the 45 days. Twelve molts were observed in a period of 60 days. The first five molts occurred up to 14 days old (age of the sexual differentiation), with a mean intermolt period of 2.9 days. From the 6th molt it increased to 5.6 days. The results suggest that the use of the carapace length is a good measure to calculate the growth and longevity of the organisms.
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