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Bento Gonçalves, Pricila; Barbosa Lima, Silvio Felipe; Semer Pomponet Oliveira, Geraldo; Amorim Lucena, Rudá On the oviposition and egg masses of regius (: ) from northeastern Brazil Biota Neotropica, vol. 17, núm. 4, 2017, pp. 1-6 Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Campinas, Brasil

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On the oviposition and egg masses of Conus regius (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from northeastern Brazil

Pricila Bento Gonçalves 1* , Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima 1, 2 , Geraldo Semer Pomponet Oliveira 3 & Rudá Amorim Lucena 4

1Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Formação de Professores, Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Cajazeiras, PB, Brazil 2Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Campus II, Areia, PB, Brazil 3AGF Largo da Lapinha, Liberdade, Salvador, BA, Brazil 4Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Campus I, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil *Corresponding author: Pricila Bento Gonçalves, e-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract: •hrcteristics o‚ the e sses o‚ Conus regius Gmelin, 1791 are described and gured for the rst time ‚or the cost o‚ rƒil bse on  ‚ele specien ‚on in the process o‚ oiposition rin the „ in the stte o‚ hi northestern rƒil. …wo clsters o‚ e sses were ‚on in the sbtil ƒone o‚ tp† bech ttche to roc‡„ sbstrte in  copletel„ nprotecte site. iposition li‡el„ ben t lest one „ erlier since the specien had already afxed an entire egg mass and was ovipositing a second cluster at the time it was found. The egg masses were rrne in short irrelr rows o‚ three to nine closel„ spce cpsles in prllel n ‚cin the se irection. ne e ss clster consiste o‚  cpsles. Conus regius cpsles re sei trnsprent si‚or in sie iew higher than broad and have attened to slightly convex sides with slight wrinkles constituted by transversal ridges. Conus regius is on the ˆ• e ist o‚ …hretene pecies bt is still intensiel„ collecte in the st„ re n surrounding coastal environment by shermen for the purposes of selling shells and as a food source. Keywords : , , reproduction, ootheca, Bahia.

Sobre a oviposição e massas de ovos de Conus regius (Neogastropoda: Conidae) no nordeste do Brasil

Resumo : •rcter‰stics e sss e oos e Conus regius Gmelin, 1791 são descritas e guradas pela primeira vez pr  cost o rsil co bse e  espŠcie encontro e processo e oiposi†o rnte o i no esto  Bahia, nordeste do Brasil. Dois aglomerados de massa de ovos foram achadas na zona subtidal da praia de Itapuã xa  sbstrto rochoso e  ‹re copletente esprotei.  processo e oiposi†o proelente coeo  dia antes, uma vez que o espécime já tinha axado uma massa de ovos e estava depositando um segundo aglomerado de ovos no momento em que foi encontrado. As massas de ovos apresentaram arranjos em leiras curtas e irregulares conteno trŒs  noe c‹psls estreitente esps prlels e posicions n es ire†o. € prieir ss e oos obser contee  totl e  c‹psls. €s c‹psls e Conus regius s†o seitrnsprentes si‚ores e ist lterl is lts o •e lrs e posse prte lterl seente cone  cht co rs ses constit‰s por eleŽes trnsersis. Conus regius est‹ n ist •erelh e •spŠcies €es  ˆ•  s in Š intensente colet n ‹re e esto e bientes costeiros circniƒinhos por pescores por cont  en s conchs e coo ‚onte lientr. Palavras-chave : Gastropoda, Conoidea, reprodução, ooteca, Bahia.

Introduction “  ” et l.   …erl ‘ lier   eters et l.   lores rƒ et l.  . pecies o‚ Conus re on the ost Conus Linnaeus, 1758 is a highly diversied genus of predatory well ‡nown olls‡s e to the beti‚l color ptterns o‚ the t„picll„ rine neostropos with pproitel„  recent species worlwie he„ obconicl or biconicl shells  …erl ‘ lier   ’ohn “ .  ochet ‘ o‚s  . …he„ lie preoinntl„ in shllow tropicl …hese species re lso prticlrl„ neros e to  hrpoon li‡e hbitts  ’ohn   enchsƒeh “  lier et l.   ’ohn rlr tooth tht in•ects nerotoins into pre„  lier et l.   http://.oi.or/./     http://www.scielo.br/bn Biota Neotrop .  : e   

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…erl ‘ lier   r et l.      et l.     he st re n srronin costl enironent is  hi h ener  eters et l.   lores r et l.    n tht cn lso inr n een re ion chrcterie b  sli htl steep sbtil one copose o sn eth to hns  lier et l.   ohn   erl  lier   crbonte n roc„ sbstrtes s well s ree otcrops tht re nerl epose  et l.     lores r et l.   . here is econoic t low tie  Žles  †erƒeir  . he hr sbstrtes ner o  stron iportnce in the etrction o copons o eicl n phrcolo icl wetherin process in the re ion ori intin seients copose o sn interest  lier et l.   erl  lier   €r  et l. •  ƒrt n crbonte  €ittencort ‡• . he enironentl copleit   ow et l. •   et l.     eters et l.   n o •tp“ n other beches o ‚lor oers  riet o icro hbitts as a food source for shing communities on some Pacic islands ( erl n cro hbitts tht or the estblishent o ierse conities  lier   n in northestern €ril. o inertebrtes  Žles  †erƒeir   especill olls„s which ‚pecies o Conus tht inhbit the intertil to sbtil ones sll constitute the second most diversied phylum in the world ( ‹i et l.  ‡ . lie in  hetero eneos hbitt  ohn •    eters et l.   The area is under the inuence of urbanized areas that input nutrients lores r et l.   . he re ƒiescent when epose to snli ht n and domestic sewage. Moreover, shing pressure on Itapuã beach has tpicll see„ shelter in she res ner l e roc„s n the seient drastically reduced the populations of shes, crustaceans and mollusks. ohn  . …ost species or e ctiel t ni ht  ohn   erl  lier   lores r et l.    prein on  iersit o wors 2. Field observations and laboratory procedures (e.g., polychaetes), hemichordates, echiurans, crustaceans, shes and other his pper is bse on obsertions o the oiposition n e cpsles olls„s e. . biles n stropos  lier et l.   ohn   o  specien o Conus regius on  ‰eceber   t low tie in the †r et l. ‡  ˆehr  ereen   ohn •    ‰ et l. sbtil one o •tp“ bech. he ele in oiposition ws obsere or   erl  lier   ow et l. •   et l.     pproitel • intes ws not hnle rin the oiposition process lores r et l.   . and was not collected to be deposited in a scientic collection. This species Conus re ioecios stropos  ohn    lores r et l.   . is well „nown in the litertre n is thretene with etinction especill Šeproctie spects relte to spwnin  e sses n lre he been t the st site where it is cptre or the prpose o sellin the shell stie or  nber o species worlwie  ‹ebor •  ster r •  and as a food source. The rocky substrate with the rst attached egg mass Œtrn •‡  ohn   b ‰•Žsro ‡ b Œb„„en ‡  €nel ws niplte or pproitel or intes to photo rph it ot o ‡  †r et l. ‡  erron   bc enchseh   ˆehr  the wter n or the reol o  ew e cpsles. he e cpsles ereen  ). Females deposit dozens of large, usually ask-shaped egg reoe were presere in ‡— ethnol. he cpsles were esre in cpsles on or within ierent sbstrtes  erron  c  ˆehr  ereen the lbortor sin the three iensions escribe b ohn    s   ohn  . •ch e cpsle  contin  ew to hnres o well s n itionl esre: e ‘ len th o escpe pertre hp ‘ hei ht ebros  ohn  . Conus fauna on the coast of Brazil includes about 20 species, ve of which re eneic to the contr  Šios  . Conus regius elin ‡ is  coon potentill n eros n preoinntl noctrnl species €r  et l. •     et l.     Šios  . •t inl lies on n ner roc„ corl rees n clcreos ree enironents ro lori to €rilin wters n ctiel ees on wors especill polchetes  €nel ‡  €r  et l. •    ‹ee   nnell et l.     et l.     Šios  . his species  lso be on hl brie in the sn  €nel ‡ . • cpsles ro C. regius were sccinctl escribe n poorl illstrte onl b ‰•Žsro  ‡ n €nel  ‡ ro soth lori ‘ €hs n the cribben se o †olobi respectiel. Conus regius ws once reco nie s  er bnnt shllow wter species especill in northestern €ril  et l.   bt is crrentl on the •’†Œ Še ‹ist o hretene ‚pecies  •’†Œ  ‡ . o the best o or „nowle e so little inortion hs been pblishe bot the reproctie biolo  o n Žtlntic Conus species. hs the prpose o the st is to proie itionl inortion on the oiposition n inl e cpsles o Conus regius bse on  specien on in the sbtil one in northestern €ril.

Material and Methods

1. Study Area

his st ws concte in the shllow sbtil one o •tp“ bech  ”•‡•‡•‚ ” • •– which is locte pproitel  „ ro Figure 1.  A …p o the €ril sll sƒre hi hli htin the stte o €hi the cit o ‚lor in the stte o €hi northestern €ril  ‚il et l. n the stte o €hi lr e sƒre hi hli htin the loction o the •tp“ bech northestern €ril˜  B …p o stretch o the cost o €hi showin the loction  . he st site hs  costline o pproitel    ‚il et l. o the •tp“ bech˜  C hoto o the re o obsertion n collection o spwnin  ) and reef platforms that are under the direct inuence of wave impacts o Conus regius t •tp“ bech. Žbbreitions: ‚• ™ ‚er ipe €Ž ™ €hi n ro the Žtlntic cen personl obsertion  i re . … ™ …ins eris. http://www.scielo.br/bn http://.oi.or/./     Biota Neotrop . ‡: e ‡   ‡

iposition n e sses o Conus regius . o pencle h ‘ i hei ht n w ‘ i with. he totl se e ooloi ni ersie e ‡o lo ‡ •ƒˆƒ: ˆ cpsles nber o cpsles in the e ss ws conte rin nipltion o ‡o lo ril n  ƒ: ‚ cpsles. the sbstrte. •llstrtions were lso prepre ro rwin s. he specien o Conus regius shown here  i re Ž  is eposite in Results the oleo oolic o bortrio e ooloi ni ersie eerl e pin rne    entro e oro e roessores 1. Oviposition eirs rb ril. he cpsles re hose in the lcoloicl ‰ specien o Conus regius shell esrin pproŠitel‹ Œˆ  in collections o the bortrio e n ertebros lo €on ni ersie totl lenth ws on o ipositin rin snn‹ ‹liht pproŠitel‹ eerl  rb    •‚ƒ„: • cpsles …oo esso rb† •:Œ .. in the sbtil one o tp bech  ire ƒ. t ws on

Figure 2. Conus regius ro cost o hi:  A) ‡pecien collecte ro orro e ‡o stte o hi northestern ril Ž  : Œˆ †  B) ele specimen in oviposition process on Itapuã beach (vertical arrows pointing to specimen; left horizontal arrows pointing to rst egg mass; right horizontal arrows pointing to secon e ss bein eposite†  C) lsters o e sses photorphe ot o wter se s ire  inicte b‹ let horiontl rrows† scle br o nerest oothec: Œ . http://.oi.or / . •/ ‡  €Œ  ‡   http://www.scielo.br/bn ˆ Biota Neotrop . •ˆ: eƒ•ˆ•ˆ ƒ•

onl es .. et l. in  copletel‹ nprotecte site with  iŠe sbstrte o r el sn n sll to ei•sie pieces o roc’s t epth o pproŠitel‹ • c. he o iposition process h li’el‹ ben t lest one ‹ erlier since the specimen had already afxed an entire egg mass cluster to the sbstrte  ire ƒ Ž let horiontl rrows. t ws obser e o ipositin the secon e ss clster t the tie it ws on  ire ƒ Ž erticl and right horizontal arrows). The second cluster was being afxed to the rocky substrate, which was partially covered with macroalgae laments. ‘o other spwn ws on on the srronin sbstrtes. he specien reine relti el‹ otionless rin the o iposition process which ws obser e or pproŠitel‹ ƒŒ intes. t ws not possible to photorph in etil n obser e the entire eŠtrsion process o the secon e ss clster e to the risin tie. 2. Egg masses and capsules

wo clsters o e sses o Conus regius were on on the sbstrte  ire ƒ Ž let n riht horiontl rrows. ne clster h li’el‹ been proce b‹ the specien  ire ƒ Ž let horiontl rrows n nother Figure 3. wo e cpsles o Conus regius ro the cost o hi: A. othec was being extruded and afxed to the substrate at the time it was found well wrin’le with nrrow pencle positione in sbcentrl reion o cpslr bse  ire ƒ Ž horiontl n riht horiontl rrows. oth clsters were n prt o bsl ebrne† B. othec oertel‹ wrin’le with wie pencle well seprte ro ech other  ire ƒ n rrne in short irrelr positione in centrl reion o cpslr bse. ‡cle br: ƒ . rows o three to nine closel‹ spce e cpsles eŠhibitin the se Table 1. iner esreents  o cpsles o Conus regius on in the pttern one lonsie the other n oriente in prllel cin the se sbtil one o tp bech. irection ll ttche t the nersie o the piece  ire ƒ . n ech Conus regius clster ieitel‹ cent rops o rows o e cpsles were sitte NRMSD t rios nles  ire ƒ ). The rst egg mass cluster consisted of about e  •.„ŽŒ.Œ ˆ.‚ƒ .Œ‚ hp  ƒ.Ž•. ƒ.ˆ .ˆ„ •ˆ cpsles  ire ƒ Ž let horiontl rrows n ws crell‹ reo e h  ƒ.Žˆ. ƒ.• .•Œ ro the wter to be better stie n photorphe  ire ƒ . ost w ƒ •.Ž•.Œ •.•„ .ˆ o the cpsles were ept‹ withot ebr‹os in this clster  ire ƒ . he secon e ss clster in o iposition contine bot • cpsles  ire ƒ Ž erticl n riht horiontl rrows. his clster ner Discussion constrction ws not hnle or stie in etil so s not to interrpt the o iposition process. ‰ ini o Œƒ e cpsles in both e sses Conus regius is one o the bot  coni species wiel‹ istribte were likely laid by the female. The clusters of egg masses were afxed in the western ‰tlntic  •osenber ƒ„  n is on in  consierble to the substrate without any overlapping or conuence of the pieces of riet‹ o costl hbitts on roc’s  –i — ‹n „„ˆ  roc’‹ rees ˜r’e — ‰bbott „‚ƒ  or siilr ree strctres  ‰bbott „•ˆ  clcreos the cpsles. en ironents  nnell et l. ƒ  n seients s well s ner roc’s Conus regius hs thin sei•trnsprent sior sie otline cpsles nel „•‚ •eern ƒ•  r el n clcreos le bottos  •ios  ire ƒ . ‡ch cpsles re ch hiher h Ž bot ƒ to ˆ  thn „„ˆ  ssocite with corl rees  nel „•‚  corl rents  –™‰sro bro w Ž bot • to •.Œ   ble ) with attened to slightly convex „•  e corls n c ities ner seisphericl corl colonies se•rss sies tht re slihtl‹ n ne enl‹ wrin’le b‹ ew low n rther well•spce bottos or e en brie in the sn  nel „•‚ . his species t‹picll‹ trns ersl ries rnnin ro picl reion to pencle  ires ƒ n •. li es in these hbitts on the cost o northestern ril  š et l. psles with t‹picll‹ con eŠ lterl ees n ries  ires ƒ n ƒ„  e en on sbstrtes eŠpose to the tosphere t low tie. he cost •. “ch cpsle rises erticll‹ ro  short stl’ with sliht s’ew to one o the stte o hi inclin the ‰brolhos ‰rchipelo is reconie s n sie  ires ƒ n •. psles copose o two e”l ebrnos re o iportnt i ersit‹ o Conus e to the consierble en ironentl hl es lon Šis interrpte onl‹ b‹ escpe pertre  ires ƒ n •. copleŠit‹ o the costline n islns which reslts in  lre riet‹ pslr peŠ sll‹ sioi shpe  ires ƒ n •. “scpe pertre o rine hbitts  oltro ƒˆ . šowe er C. regius n coneners re er‹ nrrow n elonte slit shpe: e Ž bot •.„ to Œ.Œ  slihtl‹ crrentl‹ rther rre in the hbitts o tp bech n cent res o the cost e to en ironentl ertion n the intensi e collection conc e eŠtenin lon cpslr peŠ  ires ƒ n •. encles short by shermen for the sale of shells and as a food source. hp Ž bot ƒ to •   ble  nrrow to enlre sll‹ positione “ sses o Conus regius h e been rrel‹ stie in the western in centrl prt o cpslr bse  ires ƒ n •. sl ebrnes ‰tlntic see –™‰sro „• : 434–435, g. 9F–H, nel „•‚ : •ˆŽ•Œ iscrete n se between pencles  ires ƒ n •. “pt‹ cpsles g. 9). In previous studies, egg capsules of the species was found only on o op”e white sei •trnsprent color. ll cpsles with ebr‹os re corl rents in lori  –™‰sro „•  s well s ner Acropora liht pin’ish brown. ost o the cpsles in the e sses photorphe rents n hollow heisphericl corls in olobi n ro were pprentl‹ ept‹  ire ƒ . nel „•‚ . nli’e these sties the specien obser e herein ws http://www.scielo.br/bn http://Š.oi.or/.Œ„/‚•‚•‚•‘•ƒ••ˆ•ˆ Biota Neotrop . •ˆ: eƒ•ˆ•ˆ ƒ• Œ

iposition n e sses o Conus regius . in n nprotecte site with  iŠe sbstrt o r el sn n roc’s References  ire ƒ . erlo li eir hs stie olls’s on the cost o hi (especially Itapuã beach) for approximately 40 years and this is the rst –  €.. . ericn •eshells. —n ‹ostrn ‹ew ˜orˆ. tie tht the resercher hs on  ele specien in o iposition n Œ—”•  –.’.•. ‚ ”€™Š”‰€  •.€.„. . ”chinoert s pris e •lor e sses in the reion. hi rsil . €e. rs. šool. : …›…. or Conus regius –™‰sro „• : g. 9F–H) and nel „•‚ : •€Œ  ..š. ‚ ‡Œ–‹•‰  •. . onserœ•o  bioiersie rinh g. 9) also reported the arrangement in closely spaced rows of egg capsules e costeir no rsil. •eiersie. : …› . and gured they with essentially the identical shape to those studied ‹”Œ  . . •pwnin eelopent n ecolo o soe hiher ‹eostropo herein  ires ƒ n •. nel „•‚ lso on n rrneent in ro the ribben •e o olobi •oth eric . —elier. : › …. the nber o cpsles or to ten in rows siilr to tht o the present ‰”‹–Š€  ..•.„. . •eientœ•o recente n ost tlžntic e st‹. šowe er the cpsles eŠine herein h  ore conspicos n •lor. €e. rs. †eoc. : ›…. re”ent pttern o trns ersl wrin’les  ires ƒ n •. ‰itionll‹ –Š”  „. ‚ †–’•  •. . Conus Œinnes . •ollscse   : the e cpsles in this st‹ h Ž bot ƒ to ˆ  h e intereite •orl €eister o •rine •pecies. http://www.rinespecies.or/phi. iensions to those nl‹e b‹ nel „•‚ : h Ž  to   n phpŸp tetils‚i …  … lst ccess in …/ /  escribe b‹ –™‰sro „• : h Ž Œ to ‚.Œ  or  specien o €†  •..—. –‹‹–  . „–€€–  ’..—. ’€”‰•  ‡.. ˜•‹”  C. regius ro lori. . –Œ‰—”€  .•. ‚ „‰•”‹  .. . •ss spectroetric n hih ‰on the species o the western ‰tlntic Conus regius hs n perornce liƒi chrotorph proilin o the eno o the rilin cpsle orpholo‹ soewht siilr to those o C. ermineus o ••• erioros ollsˆ Conus regius : eein behior n ientiiction o one see nel „•‚ : g. 12A–B; enchseh „•Œ : g. 4) and C. mus šwss noel conotoin. oicon. : …› . •„ƒ see ebor „ˆŒ : g. 31a), especially in the outline, conspicuous €†  •..—. ‹”€˜  .. ŠŒ€‰  . –‹‹–  . •‰‹‰  ‡.•. ‚ pttern o trns ersl wrin’les n elonte nrrow escpe pertre. „‰•”‹ , D.C. 2013. α-RgIB: A Novel Antagonist Peptide of Neuronal cetlcholine €eceptor ‰solte ro Conus regius —eno. ‰nt. ‡. „ept. …: n the other hn the e cpsles o C. regius ier in shpe ro those › . http://.oi.or/ . / …/…  pre iosl‹ obser e or Conasprella puncticulata wss in rire see nel  : g. 10), C. stearnsii onr  see sro –Œ€–  ‡.‡r. . ‹ew species o onie ro northestern ril •ollsc: †stropo . •trobs. : › .  : g. 4D–F), Conus anabathrum rosse  see sro  : g. 4A–C), C. largilliertii iener  see nel  : g. 11) and €Šš  Œ.‡. –€„Šš  †. ‚ –Š—”€  .•. . •tin spwnin eelopent n eein hbits o Conus geographus in cptiit. ‹tils. :  › …. C. spurius Gmelin, 1791 (see Penchaszaded 1985: g. 1A–D), especially in the rther relr otline n nrrower escpe pertre n pencle. •€–  .‹. . ” cpsles o prosobrnch ollsˆs ro •oth ’lori n the hs n notes on spwnin in the lbortor. ll. •r. •ci. : he costl ecosstes o ril ehibit n iportnt bioiersit  › . o onie  oltro   €ios ) that has been insufciently studied, especill with rer to reproctie spects. he coni n n the •€–  .‹. b. ” cpsles o soe prosobrnchs ro the „ciic cost o „n. —elier. …: … ›…. entire costl inertebrte conit he been rsticll ecte b ltiple nthropoenic ipcts  •iotto ‚ •rƒes   „eters et l. •€–  .‹. . ” cpsles o eleen rine prosobrnchs ro northwest ’lori. ll. •r. •ci. … : › . … . he estrction n polltion o hbitts constitte the ost serios lobl thret to rine bioiersit  †oes et l.  rl ‚ ‰š  •.‡.•. ‚ „Š˜‹  .•. . •olscos el ribe olobino. olciencis  ’nci‘n ‹tr •nt¡ e oot. ‡blonsˆi   •iotto ‚ •rƒes   „eters et l. … . ‰n prticlr popltions o onie he nerone consierble ecline in recent ties Š  ‡.€..’. –‹  .‡. ‚ „ŒŠ•‰  •.€. . –riins o ierse eein with  nber o species crrentl on the ‰Š‹ €e Œist o hretene ecoloies within Conus   ens o enoos rine stropos. iol. ‡. 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