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<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC17231FF6BFD83FED5FDE6" blockId="2.[151,1436,605,2031]" box="[198,368,605,631]" pageId="2" pageNumber="46">Puerulus stage</paragraph>
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The morphological description is based on the puerulus from
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Carapace (
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A, B, C). Rostrum absent; anterior margin of carapace with a pair of spines plus a minute solitary spine, without medium spine; supraorbital horns widely separate and truncate, with a strong spine on the outer margin, anterior margin smooth and unarmed; inner margin of supraorbital horns without spines; anterior margin of epistome with a small spine on anterolateral corners, anterior margin without spines or tubercles; postorbital, antennal and branchiostegal spines present, postorbital more short than antennal and branchiostegal; cervical groove well defined; well-developed stridulating organs present; post-cervical spines as showed.
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Sternum (
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B). Sternites 1 and 2 completely fused; lateral margins of sternites 45 and sternites 68 with one and two processes respectively; with nine minute medial tubercles arranged 2,2,2,2,1. Antennule (
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A). Well developed; proximal segment of peduncle shorter than antennal peduncle; outer flagellum 25-segmented, more robust than the inner (missing distal part). AP1 = 7.0 mm, AP2 = 2.0 mm, AP3 =
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Antenna (
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A, 2A). Peduncular spines as illustrated; plectrum present on basal segment of the peduncle; flagellum very spinose.
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<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC17231FF68FB03FEC9FA8E" blockId="2.[151,1436,605,2031]" pageId="2" pageNumber="46">Mandible. Incisor and molar processes undifferentiated, uncalcified and without teeth; palp unsegmented and without setae.</paragraph>
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Maxillule (
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A). Poorly developed and sparsely setosed; coxal endite with seven terminal minute spines; basial endite with about 8 terminal minute spines and two minute setae; endopod unsegmented, with three terminal simple setae.
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Maxilla (
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B). Three endites present, the distal endite elongated, with four spines and eleven setae, longer than the others, proximal endite with six setae and medial with four setae; endopod unsegmented with two apical simple setae and nine plumose setae on outer margin; scaphognathite (exopod) large and well developed, with about 150 plumose marginal setae.
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First maxilliped (
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C). Endites absent, the unsegmented endopod rudimentary and sparsely setosed; exopod large and flagellated, with 22 proximal plumose setae on outer margin, flagellum with about 20 segments, more differentiated distally, each segment with 2 setae (minute proximally; long and plumose distally).
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Second maxilliped (
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D). Gill present and well developed; endopod 4-segmented, with 5,0,6,6 setae; exopod long and flagellated, approximately twice the endopod length; flagellum with about 23 segments more differentiated distally; each segment with two setae (minute proximally; long and plumose distally).
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Third maxilliped (
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A). Endopod 5-segmented; ischium sparsely setosed with 6 acute spines on inner margin (crista dentata); merus with a few small setae, and an acute distal outer spine; carpus, propodus and dactylus densely setose; exopod large with a flagellum reaching beyond base of carpus; flagellum with about 23 annulations more differentiated distally, each annulation with two setae (minute proximally; long and plumose distally).
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC07230FF3AF854FEBFF833" bold="true" box="[151,282,1930,1954]" pageId="3" pageNumber="47">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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. Puerulus. A, dorsal view; B, dorsal view of the rostral region; C, anterior margin of the epistome; D, posterior margin of somite 6. Scale bars A = 5mm and BD = 2.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC77237FF3AF941FEBCF926" bold="true" box="[151,281,1695,1719]" pageId="4" pageNumber="48">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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. Puerulus. A, latteral view; B, sternum. Scale bar = 5 mm.
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Pereiopods (
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A). 15 with segmented and well developed endopod; heavily spinulose; merus and carpus of pereiopods 15 with a two acute distal marginal spine; pereiopods 1 and 5 are the shortest (16.7 and 16.0 mm, respectively) and pereiopods 2 and 3 are the longest (about
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Abdomen (
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A, 2A). Transverse groove present in somites 14, and slightly marked in somites 5 and 6; tergite of somite 6 with three pairs of spines, posterior margin with two pairs of spines (
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D); pleural plates of the somites 26 terminating in two strong spines directed ventrally.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC67236FF3AF85FFE7FF82A" blockId="5.[151,1436,1921,1979]" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC67236FF3AF85FFEBFF808" bold="true" box="[151,282,1921,1945]" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC67236FE8FF85CFD8CF808" box="[290,553,1922,1945]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="49">Palinustus mossambicus</emphasis>
Barnard, 1926
</taxonomicName>
. Puerulus. A, maxillule; B, maxilla; C, first maxilliped; D, second maxilliped. Scale bar = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC57235FF3AFA3BFAD5FA6D" blockId="6.[151,1392,1509,1533]" box="[151,1392,1509,1533]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC57235FF3AFA3BFEBCFA6C" bold="true" box="[151,281,1509,1533]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC57235FE8DFA3BFD80FA6D" box="[288,549,1509,1532]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">Palinustus mossambicus</emphasis>
Barnard, 1926
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. Puerulus. A, third maxilliped; B, pleopod 4. Scale bar = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC57235FF68F9EEFAFDF953" blockId="6.[151,1436,1584,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
Pleopods (
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). Somites 25 each with one pair of well developed biramous pleopods; protopod with about 13 plumose setae and a few spines on inner margin; endopod unsegmented with about 58 long marginal plumose natatory setae and
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC57235FE4FF95EFD0EF908" box="[482,683,1664,1689]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">appendix interna</emphasis>
with 7 distal setae on outer margin and about 12 terminal coupling hooks on inner margin; exopod unsegmented with about 60 long marginal plumose natatory setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC57235FF68F90EFE4AF883" blockId="6.[151,1436,1584,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
Uropods (
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A). Biramous; with 34 spines on inner margin of the calcified part; the posterior margin of the uncalcified part setose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC57235FF68F8FEFE01F81B" blockId="6.[151,1436,1584,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50">
Telson (
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A). With two pairs of dorsal spines; the lateral margin of the calcified part with two pairs of spines (one medial and one distal) and the inner margin bears three pairs of spines; the posterior margin of the uncalcified part setose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FF3AFF49FB1EFF21" blockId="7.[151,1211,151,177]" box="[151,1211,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF3AFF49FF52FF20" bold="true" box="[151,247,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Table 1.</emphasis>
Comparative morphology of the second and third maxillipeds of several palinurid species
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FE6CFF3EFABDFF66" blockId="7.[152,1427,224,491]" box="[449,1304,224,247]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Adult Adult Puerulus Puerulus Puerulus Puerulus Source</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FE15FEDDFBE7FE8B" blockId="7.[152,1427,224,491]" box="[440,1090,259,282]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">exopod exopod CL (mm) exopod exopod 3rdmxpd</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FE04FEF8FB95FEAC" blockId="7.[152,1427,224,491]" box="[425,1072,294,317]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">2nd mxpd 3rd mxpd 2nd mxpd 3rd mxpd crista</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FE0AFE97FB9CFEF1" blockId="7.[152,1427,224,491]" box="[423,1081,329,352]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">flagellated flagellated flagellated flagellated dentata</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FF35FEB2FC1CF951" blockId="7.[152,1427,224,491]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1437,1142,2008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FEB2FEE1FE12" ID-CoL="853XK" box="[152,324,364,387]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FEB2FEE1FE12" box="[152,324,364,387]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Panulirus argus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+ + 6 - - -
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FBF4FEB2FA36FE12" author="Wolfe" box="[1113,1427,364,387]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" refString="Wolfe, S. H. &amp; Felgenhauer, B. E. (1991). Mouthpart and foregut ontogeny in larval, postlarval, and juvenile spiny lobster, Panulirus argus Latreille (Decapoda, Palinuridae). Zoologica Scripta, 20 (1), 57 - 75." type="journal article" year="1991">Wolfe and Felgenhauer, 1991</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FE51FEFCFE37" ID-CoL="853XQ" box="[152,345,399,422]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FE51FEFCFE37" box="[152,345,399,422]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Panulirus gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+ - 7.0-8.9 - - - Bÿez, 1983
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FE6CFEFBFE58" box="[152,350,434,457]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Panulirus guttatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+ - 9.0 - - -
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FBD1FE6FFACCFE59" author="Lyons" box="[1148,1385,433,456]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refString="Lyons, W. G. &amp; Hunt, J. H. (1997). The puerulus of the spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus (Latreille 1804) (Crustacea: Decapoda). Marine Freshwater Research, 48, 491 - 495." type="journal article" year="1997">Lyons and Hunt, 1997</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FE0AFEC0FE7A" ID-CoL="853XS" box="[152,357,468,491]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="homarus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FE0AFEC0FE7A" box="[152,357,468,491]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Panulirus homarus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- - 7.9-8.3 - - -
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FB02FE0AFA98FE7A" author="Michel" box="[1199,1341,468,491]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refString="Michel, A. (1971). Note sur les puerulus de Palinuridae et les larves phyllosomes de Panulirus homarus (L). Cahiers de l'O. R. S. T. O. M., serie Oceanographique, 9 (4), 459 - 473." type="journal article" year="1971">Michel, 1971</bibRefCitation>
Three species of
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have been reported from the eastern coast of Africa, namely
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FB08FBA8FF68FB26" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
P. mossambicus
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FACBFBA8FF68FB26" author="Barnard" pageId="7" pageNumber="52" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1926). Report on a collection of Crustacea from Portuguese East Africa. Transactions Royal Society South Africa, 13, 119 - 129." type="journal article" year="1926">Barnard</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
, 1926
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,
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FE8BFB40FDA1FB26" box="[294,516,1182,1207]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
P. w a g u e n s i s
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FE69FB40FDA1FB26" author="Kubo" box="[452,516,1182,1207]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refString="Kubo, I. (1963). Two rare species of palinurid lobster. Researches on Crustacea, 1, 3 - 11, figs 1 - 5." type="journal article" year="1963">
<collectingCountry id="F30A7634FFC47234FE69FB40FDA1FB26" box="[452,516,1182,1207]" name="Cuba" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Kubo</collectingCountry>
</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
, 1963 and
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FD2AFB40FC63FB29" ID-CoL="853WR" authority="Berry, 1979" authorityName="Berry" authorityYear="1979" box="[647,966,1182,1208]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinustus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicornutus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FD2AFB40FCDCFB26" box="[647,889,1182,1207]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
P. unicornutus
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FC95FB40FCDCFB26" author="Berry" box="[824,889,1182,1207]" pageId="7" pageNumber="52" refString="Berry, P. F. (1979). A new species of deep-water palinurid lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae) from the east coast of southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 78, 93 - 100." type="journal article" year="1979">Berry</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
, 1979
</taxonomicName>
. The morphology of the puerulus specimen described above is different from that of
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FD61FB18FCDDFB4E" box="[716,888,1222,1247]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. unicornutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FB8AFB18FA87FB71" author="Chan" box="[1063,1314,1222,1248]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="7" pageNumber="52" refString="Chan, T. Y. &amp; Yu, H. P. (1995). The rare lobster genus Palinustus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Decapoda: Palinuridae), with a description of a new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 15, 376 - 394." type="journal article" year="1995">Chan and Yu (1995)</bibRefCitation>
, since the anterior margin of the carapace between the supraorbital horns bears a pair of sub-median spines, while a single median spine is always present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FDF1FAC8FC70FAA1" ID-CoL="853WR" authority="Holthuis, 1991" authorityName="Holthuis" authorityYear="1991" box="[604,981,1302,1328]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinustus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicornutus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FDF1FAC8FCA3FABE" box="[604,774,1302,1327]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. unicornutus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FCBAFAC8FC69FAA1" author="Holthuis" box="[791,972,1302,1328]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refString="Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogues of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopses, 125 (13), 1 - 292." type="journal article" year="1991">Holthuis, 1991</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Moreover, the two distal segments of the antennal peduncle are much more spinose than those of
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FCE2FAE0FC52FAC6" box="[847,1015,1342,1367]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. unicornutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The comparison with
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FAA8FAE0FA39FAC6" box="[1285,1436,1342,1367]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. waguensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not so straightforward, given that two specimens of
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FCBFFAB8FC0DFAEE" box="[786,936,1382,1407]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. waguensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have also been described with the anterior margin of the carapace between the supraorbital horns bearing only a pair of sub-median spines, like in
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FA2AFA50FE9CFA41" ID-CoL="853WP" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinustus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossambicus">P. mossambicus</taxonomicName>
. Nevertheless,
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FE59FA68FD11FA5E" box="[500,692,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. mossambicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is still unique in having all comparatively long postorbital, antennal, and branchiostegal spines (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FDE9FA00FC8FFA69" author="Chan" box="[580,810,1502,1528]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="7" pageNumber="52" refString="Chan, T. Y. &amp; Yu, H. P. (1995). The rare lobster genus Palinustus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Decapoda: Palinuridae), with a description of a new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 15, 376 - 394." type="journal article" year="1995">Chan and Yu, 1995</bibRefCitation>
), a characteristic observed in the present larval specimen. Moreover,
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FECFF9D8FD85F98E" box="[354,544,1542,1567]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. mossambicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the puerulus specimen described in this study further differ from
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FA2BF9D8FEB4F9D6" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. waguensis</emphasis>
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by their epistome being more tuberculate and the lateral margins of the thoracic sternum less serrated. Furthermore, the spines on the abdominal sternites are also in agreement with those found in
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FA81F988FF4FF906" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. m o s s a - mbicus</emphasis>
. All these morphological observations of the puerulus specimen described above suggest that this larval stage can be confidently identifed as
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FF35FE29FEBEFBD4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
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<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFE29FE38FD9F" box="[151,413,503,526]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FE29FEC7FD9F" box="[152,354,503,526]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Panulirus longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FE29FE4BFD9F" box="[463,494,503,526]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</th>
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FE29FDFEFD9F" box="[588,603,503,526]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</th>
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FE29FD50FD9F" box="[655,757,503,526]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">8.5-9.0</th>
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FE29FC9DFD9F" box="[809,824,503,526]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">-</th>
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FE29FC0EFD9F" box="[924,939,503,526]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">-</th>
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FE29FBBFFD9F" box="[1035,1050,503,526]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">-</th>
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FE29FA38FD9F" box="[1097,1437,503,526]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
Michel, 1971; Inoue
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FA8BFE29FAFEFD9F" box="[1318,1371,503,526]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">et al.</emphasis>
, 2002
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</tr>
<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFDC4FA38FD2D" box="[151,1437,538,700]" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFDC4FE38FD2D" box="[151,413,538,700]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FDC4FE30FD2D" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FDC4FEEFFDA0" ID-CoL="853Y6" box="[152,330,538,561]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regius">Panulirus regius</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FDE3FEFCFDC5" ID-CoL="853Y2" box="[152,345,573,596]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatus">Panulirus ornatus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FDBEFE26FDE6" ID-CoL="853Y5" box="[152,387,608,631]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polyphagus">Panulirus polyphagus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FD5DFED1FD0B" ID-CoL="853Y8" box="[152,372,643,666]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="versicolor">Panulirus versicolor</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FD7BFE30FD2D" ID-CoL="853WM" box="[152,405,677,700]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mauritanicus">Palinurus mauritanicus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FDC4FE4BFD2D" box="[463,494,538,700]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+ - + +/- +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FDC4FDFEFD2D" box="[588,603,538,700]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">- - - - +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FDC4FD50FD2D" box="[655,757,538,700]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">8.1-8.7 7.4 9.7 9.0-9.1 8.8-9.0</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FDC4FC9DFD2D" box="[809,824,538,700]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">- - - - +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FDC4FC0EFD2D" box="[924,939,538,700]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">- - - - +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FDC4FBBFFD2D" box="[1035,1050,538,700]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">- - - - +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FDC4FA38FD2D" box="[1097,1437,538,700]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
Crosnier, 1971 Michel, 1971 Deshmukh, 1966 Michel, 1971 Guerao
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FB4CFD7BFAB2FD2D" box="[1249,1303,677,700]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">et al.</emphasis>
, 2005
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFD16FA38FD4E" box="[151,1437,712,735]" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFD16FE38FD4E" box="[151,413,712,735]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FD16FEFFFD4E" ID-CoL="853WK" box="[152,346,712,735]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elephas">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FD16FEFFFD4E" box="[152,346,712,735]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Palinurus elephas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FD16FE4BFD4E" box="[463,494,712,735]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FD16FDFEFD4E" box="[588,603,712,735]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FD16FD50FD4E" box="[655,757,712,735]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">7</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FD16FC9DFD4E" box="[809,824,712,735]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FD16FC0EFD4E" box="[924,939,712,735]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FD16FBBFFD4E" box="[1035,1050,712,735]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FD16FA38FD4E" box="[1097,1437,712,735]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Santucci, 1926</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFD35FA38FCD6" box="[151,1437,747,839]" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFD35FE38FCD6" box="[151,413,747,839]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FD35FE88FCD3" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FD35FE38FC93" ID-CoL="853WP" box="[152,413,747,770]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinustus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossambicus">Palinustus mossambicus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FCD0FEE7FCB4" ID-CoL="852VY" box="[152,322,782,805]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Jasus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edwardsii">Jasus edwardsii</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FCF5FE88FCD3" ID-CoL="852W2" box="[152,301,811,834]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Jasus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lalandii">Jasus lalandii</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FD35FE4BFCD6" box="[463,494,747,839]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+ + +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FD35FDFEFCD6" box="[588,603,747,839]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+ + +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FD35FD50FCD6" box="[655,757,747,839]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">11.2-11.6 11.4-12.3 9.2-10.4</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FD35FC9DFCD6" box="[809,824,747,839]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+ + +</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FD35FC0EFCD6" box="[924,939,747,839]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+ - -</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FD35FBBFFCD6" box="[1035,1050,747,839]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+ - -</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FD35FA38FCD6" box="[1097,1437,747,839]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
Present study Nishida
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FB49FCD0FABCFCB4" box="[1252,1305,782,805]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">et al.</emphasis>
, 1990 Grobler and Ndjaula, 2001
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFC8DFA38FCFB" box="[151,1437,851,874]" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFC8DFE38FCFB" box="[151,413,851,874]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FC8DFEDAFCFB" box="[152,383,851,874]" class="Malacostraca" family="Synaxidae" genus="Palinurellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weinecki">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FC8DFEDAFCFB" box="[152,383,851,874]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Palinurellus weinecki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FC8DFE4BFCFB" box="[463,494,851,874]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FC8DFDFEFCFB" box="[588,603,851,874]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FC8DFD50FCFB" box="[655,757,851,874]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">12.0-12.3</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FC8DFC9DFCFB" box="[809,824,851,874]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FC8DFC0EFCFB" box="[924,939,851,874]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">-</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FC8DFBBFFCFB" box="[1035,1050,851,874]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">-</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FC8DFA38FCFB" box="[1097,1437,851,874]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Michel, 1971</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFCA8FA38FC1C" box="[151,1437,886,909]" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFCA8FE38FC1C" box="[151,413,886,909]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FCA8FEEEFC1C" ID-CoL="854HY" box="[152,331,886,909]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Projasus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parkeri">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FCA8FEEEFC1C" box="[152,331,886,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Projasus parkeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FCA8FE4BFC1C" box="[463,494,886,909]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FCA8FDFEFC1C" box="[588,603,886,909]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FCA8FD50FC1C" box="[655,757,886,909]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">24.3</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FCA8FC9DFC1C" box="[809,824,886,909]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FCA8FC0EFC1C" box="[924,939,886,909]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FCA8FBBFFC1C" box="[1035,1050,886,909]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FCA8FA38FC1C" box="[1097,1437,886,909]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Webber and Booth, 1988</td>
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<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFC47FA38FC21" box="[151,1437,921,944]" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFC47FE38FC21" box="[151,413,921,944]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FF35FC47FE25FC21" ID-CoL="854HX" box="[152,384,921,944]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Projasus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahamondei">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FF35FC47FE25FC21" box="[152,384,921,944]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Projasus bahamondei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFE62FC47FE4BFC21" box="[463,494,921,944]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFDE1FC47FDFEFC21" box="[588,603,921,944]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFD22FC47FD50FC21" box="[655,757,921,944]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">20.3</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC84FC47FC9DFC21" box="[809,824,921,944]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFC31FC47FC0EFC21" box="[924,939,921,944]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBA6FC47FBBFFC21" box="[1035,1050,921,944]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">+</td>
<td id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFBE4FC47FA38FC21" box="[1097,1437,921,944]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Bÿez and Ruiz, 2000</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352D34E6FFC48DCCFF3AFBF5FA38FBD4" box="[151,1437,1067,1093]" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="76FC5D9AFFC48DCCFF3AFBF5FE38FBD4" box="[151,413,1067,1093]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Discussion</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA236A4FFC47234FF68F910FA3EF849" blockId="7.[151,1437,1142,2008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">
Externally the puerulus resembles an adult
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FD69F910FC41F976" ID-CoL="853WP" box="[708,996,1742,1767]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinustus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossambicus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FD69F910FC41F976" box="[708,996,1742,1767]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Palinustus mossambicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in form, though it is somewhat dorsoventrally flattened, and has proportionally large natatory pleopods. These two features are found in all the palinurid pueruli known to date, and are indicative that the puerulus is specialized for swimming pelagic existence (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FF71F898FDA1F8F1" author="Phillips" box="[220,516,1862,1888]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" refString="Phillips, B. F. &amp; Olsen, J. (1975). Swimming behaviour of the puerulus larvae of the Western rock lobster. Australian Journal of marine and freshwater Research, 26, 415 - 417." type="journal article" year="1975">Phillips and Olsen, 1975</bibRefCitation>
). Another important feature of the
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FC0DF898FBFCF8CE" ID-CoL="853WP" box="[928,1113,1862,1887]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Palinustus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossambicus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FC0DF898FBFCF8CE" box="[928,1113,1862,1887]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">P. mossambicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
puerulus is the presence of the long flagellated exopod in maxillipeds 2 and 3 and the crista dentata (a row of teeth on the ischium of the third maxilliped), which are also present in the puerulus stage of the ancient genera
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FB28F848FB49F83E" box="[1157,1260,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Projasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FA85F848FA39F83E" box="[1320,1436,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Palinurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FF33F860FE6DF849" author="Webber" box="[158,456,1982,2008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" refString="Webber, W. R. &amp; Booth, J. D. (1988). Projasus parkeri (Stebbing, 1902) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae) in New Zealand and description of a Projasus puerulus from Australia. National Museum of New Zealand Records, 3 (8), 81 - 92." type="journal article" year="1988">Webber and Booth, 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FE79F860FD6EF849" author="Baez" box="[468,715,1982,2008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="52" refString="Baez, P. &amp; Ruiz, R. (2000). Puerulus y postpuerulus de Projasus bahamondei George, 1976 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae). Investigaciones Marinas, 28, 15 - 25." type="journal article" year="2000">Báez and Ruiz, 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B55FFC47234FD7AF860FC18F849" author="Guerao" box="[727,957,1982,2008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refString="Guerao, G., Diaz, D. &amp; Abello, P. (2006). Morphology of puerulus and post-puerulus stages of the spiny lobster Palinurus mauritanicus (Decapoda: Palinuridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26 (4), 480 - 494." type="journal article" year="2006">
Guerao
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FC99F860FCCAF846" box="[820,879,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">et al.</emphasis>
, 2006
</bibRefCitation>
), but not in
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FBE5F860FB2CF846" ID-CoL="84PCT" box="[1096,1161,1982,2007]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Jasus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FBE5F860FB2CF846" box="[1096,1161,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Jasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D27FFC47234FB1DF860FA81F846" ID-CoL="84RJQ" box="[1200,1316,1982,2007]" class="Malacostraca" family="Palinuridae" genus="Panulirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B969EAB6FFC47234FB1DF860FA81F846" box="[1200,1316,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="51">Panulirus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Table 1).
</paragraph>
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Within
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, the reduction of the second and third maxilliped exopods is considered a derived character (
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;
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). The key characteristics, useful for diagnosis, of the
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puerulus are the absence of a rostrum, with the presence of two sub-median spines on the anterior margin of carapace, the proximal segment of antennular peduncle being much longer than the other segments and the supraorbital horns being widely separated and truncate.
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The fact that most specimens of
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puerulus have been collected from fish stomach contents of species such as
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and
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) (see
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) is of interest. Aggregations of skipjack tuna,
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tend to be associated with convergences, boundaries between cold and warm water masses, upwelling and other hydrographical discontinuities, which are the typical environments were the phyllosoma larvae are found (
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). In fact the larval specimen off
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was captured in a small pelagic trawl in mid-water at
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.
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Moreover, skipjack tuna exhibit a strong tendency to school in surface waters and its depth distribution ranges from the surface to about
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during the day (
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). This would indicate that it is not by chance that the stomach contents of skipjack tuna are a source of deep water
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puerulus and therefore are a starting point for collecting such rare deep water larval stages.
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