ABBREVIATED LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF TUNICOTHERES MOSERI (RATHBUN, 1918) (DECAPODA, PINNOTHERIDAE), A RARE CASE OF PARENTAL CARE IN BRACHYURAN CRABS

Abbreviated larval development of Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918) (Decapoda, Pinnotheridae), a rare case of parental care in brachyuran crabs

Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918) presents a rare case of post-hatching parental care not recorded previously among brachyuran decapods.The complete larval development takes place within a brooding enclosure pipe of the parental female, formed by flexure of the broad abdomen against the sternum.The first crab instar is the earliest stage observed

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