Autor(es): da Silva, Alexandre R. ; Lemes, Luiz Gustavo Mendes ; Nogueira, Caio Santos [UNESP] ; Bispo, Pitágoras C. [UNESP] ; Castilho, Antonio Leão [UNESP]
Data: 2020
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/201065
Origem: Oasisbr
Assunto(s): Aeglidae; Geometric morphometrics; Intervales State Park; maturity; Aeglidae; Aeglidae; Geometric morphometrics; Geometric morphometrics; Intervales State Park; Intervales State Park; maturity; maturity
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Aegla quilombola: is an anomuran crab endemic to São Paulo State, Brazil. The present manuscript aims to provide information about sexual dimorphism using geometric morphometrics, as well as information about heterochely, laterality and sexual maturity. The specimens were sampled in Intervales State Park. The carapace and chelipeds of all animals were photographed and landmarks digitalized. In the analyses, the propodus of the first pair of pereopods (chelipeds) were used. The same structures were measured for morphometric sexual maturity, analysing the relationships between carapace length (CL) x propodus height for males, and CL x abdomen length (ABL) for females. For heterochely and laterality, the height of male and female chelipeds were evaluated. Morphological differences were found in the shape of the posterior margin of the carapace and in the chelipeds’ palmar region. Males reached morphometric maturity at smaller sizes and showed heterochely and laterality, usually having a larger left cheliped. These differences are probably related to differential energy use by males and females in fulfiling specific ecological roles. Females had larger abdominal margins to invest in reproduction and males invested energy in chelipeds that were more robust and larger than females, as chelipeds are often used in agonistic interactions and to obtain better resources.
Centro de Ciências Humanas e da Educação (CCHE) Universidade Estadual Do Norte Do Paraná (UENP) – Campus Cornélio Procópio
Laboratório De Biologia De Camarões Marinhos E De Água Doce (LABCAM) Departamento De Ciências Biológicas Faculdade De Ciências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Departamento De Ciências Biológicas Universidade Estadual Paulista FCLA UNESP, Assis
Programa De Pós-graduação Em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) Instituto De Biociências De Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Laboratório De Biologia De Camarões Marinhos E De Água Doce (LABCAM) Departamento De Ciências Biológicas Faculdade De Ciências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Departamento De Ciências Biológicas Universidade Estadual Paulista FCLA UNESP, Assis
Programa De Pós-graduação Em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) Instituto De Biociências De Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
