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Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology.Pdf Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology Developments in Hydrobiology 184 Series editor K. Martens Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology Edited by M. Thessalou-Legaki University of Athens, Greece Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, Volume 557 (2006) 123 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 1-4020-4599-9 Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands Cover illustration: Logo of the Conference Printed on acid-free paper All Rights reserved Ó 2006 Springer No part of this material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. Printed in the Netherlands TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface M. Thessalou-Legaki vii Discrimination between the Mediterranean spiny lobsters Palinurus elephas and P. mauritanicus (Crustacea: Decapoda) by mitochondrial sequence analysis R. Cannas, A. Cau, A.M. Deiana, S. Salvadori, J. Tagliavini 1–4 Short Research Note Study of the nucleolar organizer regions in Palinurus elephas (Crustacea: Decapoda) E. Coluccia, A.M. Deiana, R. Cannas, S. Salvadori 5–8 The constructional properties of the exoskeleton of homarid, palinurid, and scyllarid lobsters S.F. Tarsitano, K.L. Lavalli, F. Horne, E. Spanier 9–20 Biological aspects of Medorippe lanata (Linnaeus, 1767) (Brachyura: Dorippidae) from the eastern Ligurian Sea (western Mediterranean) I. Rossetti, P. Sartor, B. Francesconi, M. Mori, P. Belcari 21–29 Review Paper Reproductive investment in Brachyura R.G. Hartnoll 31–40 An ultrastructural and histochemical study of the germinal cells contained in hemispermatophores of males of the Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1827) S. Desantis, M. Labate, G.M. Labate, P. Maiorano, A. Tursi 41–49 Reproduction strategy of the deep-sea hermit crabs Pagurus alatus and Pagurus excavatus of the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea M. Mura, F. Orru`, A. Cau 51–57 Diel and seasonal changes in the structure of a Decapod (Crustacea: Decapoda) community of Cymodocea nodosa from Southeastern Spain (West Mediterranean Sea) J.E.G. Raso, M.J. Martı´n, V. Dı´az, V. Cobos, M.E. Manjo´n-Cabeza 59–68 The use of artificial benthic collectors for assessment of spatial patterns of settlement of megalopae of Carcinus maenas (L.) (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the lower Mira Estuary, Portugal J. Paula, I.C. Silva, S.M. Francisco, A.A.V. Flores 69–77 Feeding habits of Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) in the Sicily Strait V. Puccio, M. Relini, E. Azzurro, L.O. Relini 79–84 The decapod crustacean community of the Guadalquivir Estuary (SW Spain): seasonal and inter-year changes in community structure J.A. Cuesta, E. Gonza´lez-Ortego´n, A. Rodrı´guez, F. Baldo´, C. Vilas, P. Drake 85–95 vi Preliminary estimation of the factors influencing the distribution of the midlittoral crab Portumnus lysianassa (Herbst, 1796) N. Chartosia, A. Koukouras, M. Mavidis, M.-S. Kitsos 97–106 Chromatic patterns of the hermit crab Calcinus tubularis related to the occupied shell D. Pessani, T. Tirelli 107–112 Trawl selectivity trials on the deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris)in Sicilian waters S. Ragonese, M. L. Bianchini 113–119 Catch composition and damage incurred to crabs discarded from the eastern Ligurian Sea ‘‘rapido’’ trawl fishery P. Sartor, B. Francesconi, I. Rossetti, S. De Ranieri 121–133 Fishery of the deep-water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846) (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean) M. Sbrana, C. Viva, P. Belcari 135–144 Selectivity parameters and size at first maturity in deep-water shrimps, Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1827) and Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816), from the North-Western Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) R. Carlucci, G. DÕOnghia, L. Sion, P. Maiorano, A. Tursi 145–154 Catch composition on red shrimps’ (Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus) grounds in the Eastern Ionian Sea Ch. Mytilineou, S. Kavadas, C.-Y. Politou, K. Kapiris, A. Tursi, P. Maiorano 155–160 Hydrobiologia (2006) 557:vii Ó Springer 2006 M. Thessalou-Legaki (ed.), Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-1300-4 Preface Maria Thessalou-Legaki University of Athens, Greece This volume includes the proceedings of the 8th P. Y. Noe¨ l (France), J. Paula (Portugal), K. Sakai Colloquium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea, (Japan), F. Sarda` (Spain), R. Serjidi (Algeria), E. which was held at the Ionian University on Corfu Spanier (Israel), Zd. Sˇ tevcˇ ic´ (Croatia), M. Thes- Isl., Greece, from 2 to 6 September 2002 and was salou-Legaki (Greece), M. Tu¨ rkay (Germany) and organized by the National and Kapodistrian M. Vannini (Italy). University of Athens. The meeting is the oldest The Organizing Committee, based at the European carcinological event held regularly at a Department of Zoology–Marine Biology of the 3-year interval. Since 1972, institutions from University of Athens, was composed of M. Apos- Mediterranean countries organized Colloquia in tolopoulou, A. Chilari, K. Kapiris, K. Kevrekidis, Rovinj, Ancona, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Paris, A. Merakou, S. Papaspyrou, J. Paula and Zd. Florence and Lisbon. Although the meeting is Sˇ tevcˇ ic´ and M. Thessalou-Legaki as coordinator. devoted to the Mediterranean area, contributions Many thanks are due to all the institutions and worldwide are mostly welcome, providing, thus, a persons who helped in the organization of the forum for fruitful contact and scientific exchange. meeting and the publication of the proceedings: In Corfu, 120 delegates from 21 countries rep- the Ionian University, especially Prof. A. Verga- resenting all continents met and presented 8 ple- nelakis and Mrs. E. Kourkoulou, for providing the nary talks, 46 oral and 74 poster presentations. facilities in Corfu; the University of Athens, the The themes included covered all issues of decapod Greek Ministry of Education, the Region of biology: systematics, phylogeny, genetics, ethol- the Ionian Islands and the Municipality of Corfu ogy, morphology, biogeography, reproduction, for supporting the meeting financially or providing ecology, physiology and fisheries. A special session us with facilities and services. I would like to ex- was devoted to deep-water shrimps and related press my gratitude to Hydrobiologia as well as its research projects. previous and present Editors-in-Chief, Profs. H. The Scientific Committee of the 8th Collo- Dumont and K. Martens, for the collaboration, to quium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea was the referees for their thorough reviews and to Mrs. composed of K. Anger (Germany), G. Charman- A. Chilari for the support in the preparation of the tier (France), P. Dworschak (Austria), A. Elef- proceedings. Thanks are also due to the members theriou (Greece), W. Emmerson (South Africa), D. of the Organizing Committee, students, family and L. Felder (USA), C. H. J. M. Fransen (The friends for their effective efforts, to the members of Netherlands), C. Froglia (Italy), B. Galil (Israel), the Scientific Committee for their valuable sug- J. E. Garcı´ a Raso (Spain), R. G. Hartnoll (UK), gestions and to all participants and authors of the A. Koukouras (Greece), P. K. L. Ng (Singapore), present volume. Hydrobiologia (2006) 557:1–4 Ó Springer 2006 M. Thessalou-Legaki (ed.), Issues of Decapod Crustacean Biology DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-9301-x Discrimination between the Mediterranean spiny lobsters Palinurus elephas and P. mauritanicus (Crustacea: Decapoda) by mitochondrial sequence analysis R. Cannas1,*, A. Cau1, A.M. Deiana1, S. Salvadori1 & J. Tagliavini2 1Dipartimento di Biologia Animale ed Ecologia, Universita` di Cagliari, Viale Poetto 1, 09126 , Cagliari, Italia 2Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita` di Parma, Italia (*Author for correspondence: Tel.: +390706758004; Fax: +390706758022; E-mail: [email protected]) Key words: spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas, Palinurus mauritanicus, genetics, COI Abstract The Mediterranean spiny lobsters, the common spiny lobster Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1758) and the pink spiny lobster P. mauritanicus Gruvel, 1911, are important target species for commercial fisheries. In this study, we focus our attention on the DNA sequence variation of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxydase I gene (COI) in the two species of Palinurus. Spiny lobster DNA samples from four Mediterranean localities were analysed to examine the genetic variability at both the intra- and interspecific level. Fur- thermore, the phylogenetic relationships within the family Palinuridae (among the two species of Palinurus, most of the species of Panulirus and all the species of Jasus) are examined. Introduction molecular data for P. elephas and P. mauritanicus refer to the analysis of the nuclear 28S rDNA with In the Mediterranean Sea, two species of spiny the description of species-specific markers but they lobsters are commonly found, both belonging to do not refer to intraspecific nucleotide variability the genus Palinurus Weber, 1795: Palinurus elephas (Cannas et al., 2001). (Fabricius, 1787) and Palinurus mauritanicus Molecular characters could aid in clarifying the Gruvel, 1911. The genus Palinurus comprises three arguable phylogenetic position of the genus more species (P. charlestoni Forest & Postel 1964, Palinurus since different results are obtained P. delagoae Barnard 1926, P. gilchristi Stebbing, depending on whether larval
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