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Reproductive biology of the slipper lobster Scyllarides deceptor (Decapoda: Scyllaridae) along the southern Brazilian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2008

Gabriela Oliveira ,
Andrea S. Freire  and
Paulo R.K. Bertuol
Gabriela Oliveira*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Crustáceos/Plâncton, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, CCB/UFSC, Campus Universitário, Trindade, Florianópolis
Andrea S. Freire
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Crustáceos/Plâncton, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, CCB/UFSC, Campus Universitário, Trindade, Florianópolis
Paulo R.K. Bertuol
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Crustáceos/Plâncton, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, CCB/UFSC, Campus Universitário, Trindade, Florianópolis
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Gabriela Oliveira, Laboratório de Crustáceos/Plâncton, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, CCB/UFSC, Campus Universitário, Trindade, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil Email: oliveira.gabriela@gmail.com
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Abstract

The reproductive biology of Scyllarides deceptor was studied along the southern Brazilian coast (27°S 48°W) from December 2002 to December 2003. Samples were collected monthly at Xavier Island, where animals were caught and marked. Fecundity and egg size were estimated from ovigerous females caught also in two adjacent islands, Arvoredo and Aranhas. A total of 98 females was recorded at Xavier Island during the sampling period, 24 of these were recaptured and presented time-at-liberty ranging from 14 to 297 days. Ovigerous females were observed during spring and summer, with the moulting period lasting from late winter to spring. Size at sexual maturity was assessed from 66 females caught during the breeding season and estimated in 85.33 mm of carapace length (CL). Mean fecundity of S. deceptor was estimated in 191,262 eggs (±17,811, SE) for females, on average, 94.74 mm long (±1.86 mm SE) (CL). Fecundity was significantly related to CL (R2 = 0.90) Mean egg size was 0.67 mm (±0.005 mm SE) and did not correlate significantly to CL (P = 0.78). The rocky bottom of Xavier Island was favourable for reproduction, presenting shelter and foraging grounds for the ovigerous females. For management purposes, our results suggest the closure of the S. deceptor fishery from November to January and the capture-size of females to be restricted to animals larger than 90 mm (CL).

Keywords

seasonal reproductionfecunditysexual maturityslipper lobsterScyllaridaeScyllarides deceptorsouthern Brazil
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 7 , November 2008 , pp. 1433 - 1440
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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