Rogério Caetano da Costa

Contributions to the Knowledge of the Larval Morphology of Synalpheus Spence Bate, 1888 (Caridea: Alpheidae): Description of the First Zoea of S. antillensis Coutière, 1909 and S . cf. townsendi Coutière, 1909 Reared in Laboratory

ABSTRACT The first zoea of two Synalpheus species, namely: S. antillensis and S. cf. townsendi , are herein described. They were also compared with the genus descriptions and with their respective species complexes available in the literature. Morphological information on Synalph...

Spatiotemporal Distribution of Swimming Crab Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in an Upwelling System in the Southwestern Atlantic

Knowledge about Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus is thorough, although scarce in different ecological regions like Macaé, which are influenced by the Cabo Frio upwelling phenomenon in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This study analyzes spatiotemporal variation in the ab...