Ecology and trophic structure of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Decapoda: Majoidea) on the south Coast of São Paulo

• Grant number: 18/01659-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2018
• End date: September 02, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Leão Castilho
• Grantee: Geslaine Rafaela Lemos Gonçalves
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/00105-3 - Application of the isotopic mixing models in the ecology to trophic structure of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Decapoda: Majoidea), BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Majoidea) keeps interspecific relationships that vary throughout ontogeny, megalopae and juvenile can have associated with jellyfish Scyphozoa and when adult can "host" innumerable epibionts as sea anemones. However, it is unknown how L. ferreirae interacts ecologically to be in ecosystem and how it is faced with the exploitation of trawling as bycatch. The object this project is described the interactions in trophic web of organisms collected by trawling, as well as, the interspecific ecological relationships of L. ferreirae, during different development stages. The study region is Cananéia-SP, the ecosystem of high ecological importance named World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1999. Isotopic analyses ´13C and ´15N will be applied to trace the trophic position of the animals, as well as, type of ecological interaction, measured from muscle tissue, and the gut content of L. ferreirae, of all organisms obtained in the trawling. The trophic level of individuals collected in trawling and how they may be interrelating, will be investigated with package SIAR (software R), that can demonstrate if L. ferreirae is being feeding their jellyfish host or planktonic prey, when symbiont, and if using their symbionts as food source when host the sea anemones. It is noteworthy that is the first study to analyze abroad aspect of biological interactions and trophic relationships of L. ferreirae. (AU)

Scientific publications

(9)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

AZEVEDO-SANTOS, VALTER M.; GONCALVES, GESLAINE R. L.; MANOEL, PEDRO S.; ANDRADE, MARCELO C.; LIMA, FELIPE P.; PELICICE, FERNANDO M.. Plastic ingestion by fish: A global assessment. Environmental Pollution, v. 255, n. 1, DEC 2019. (18/01659-0)

LEMOS GONCALVES, GESLAINE RAFAELA; DENADAI, ANA CLARA; SOUSA, ALINE NONATO; CASTILHO, ANTONIO LEAO; DE TROCH, MARLEEN. Fatty acid profiles of three commercial shrimp from southeastern Brazil. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 48, NOV 2021. (19/00105-3, 18/01659-0)

GONCALVES, GESLAINE RAFAELA LEMOS; PALOMARES, LUANA FERRAZ DA SILVEIRA; SOUSA, ALINE NONATO; STANSKI, GILSON; SANCINETTI, GUSTAVO; DA COSTA, ROGERIO CAETANO; CASTILHO, ANTONIO LEAO. Geographical ecology of the symbiotic crabsLibinia ferreiraeandLibinia spinosa: Distributional patterns in south and south-eastern coast of Brazil. MARINE ECOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE, v. 41, n. 4, AUG 2020. (14/13770-1, 18/01659-0)

LEMOS GONCALVES, GESLAINE RAFAELA; WOLF, MILENA REGINA; ANTUNES, MARIANA; AMORIM, FELIPE WANDERLEY; NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, MARIA LUCIA; LEAO CASTILHO, ANTONIO. Ontogenetic niche specialization of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae associated with the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna. CURRENT ZOOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 10-pg., 2021-11-11. (18/01659-0, 14/13770-1, 19/00105-3, 10/50188-8)

LEMOS GONCALVES, GESLAINE RAFAELA; NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, MARIA LUCIA; FRANSOZO, ADILSON; CASTILHO, ANTONIO LEAO. Feeding ecology and niche segregation of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea), a symbiont of Lychnorhiza lucerna (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). Hydrobiologia, v. 847, n. 4, DEC 2019. (18/01659-0, 14/13770-1, 10/50188-8)

GESLAINE RAFAELA LEMOS GONÇALVES; LIZANDRA FERNANDES MIAZAKI; EDUARDO ANTONIO BOLLA JUNIOR; RAPHAEL CEZAR GRABOWSKI; ROGÉRIO CAETANO DA COSTA; ANTONIO LEÃO CASTILHO. Growth and longevity of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Majoidea, Epialtidae). Nauplius, v. 28, 2020-02-17. (14/13770-1, 10/50188-8, 18/01659-0, 19/00105-3)

LEMOS GONCALVES, GESLAINE RAFAELA; MELO DOS SANTOS, PEDRO VINICIUS; COSTA, VLADIMIR ELIODORO; NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO, MARIA LUCIA; BEARHOP, STUART; CASTILHO, ANTONIO LEAO. Trophic relationships between the crab Libinia ferreirae and its symbionts. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 171, OCT 2021. (18/01659-0, 19/00105-3)

AZEVEDO-SANTOS, VALTER M.; GONCALVES, GESLAINE R. L.; MANOEL, PEDRO S.; ANDRADE, MARCELO C.; LIMA, FELIPE P.; PELICICE, FERNANDO M.. Plastic ingestion by fish: A global assessment. Environmental Pollution, v. 255, p. 2-pg., 2019-12-01. (18/01659-0)

GESLAINE RAFAELA LEMOS GONÇALVES; ALINE NONATO SOUSA; MILENA REGINA WOLF; ISABEL MATOS SOARES; ANTONIO LEÃO CASTILHO. Unravelling the stomach contents of fish and crab species from Cananéia, São Paulo: Are they eating plastic?. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 63, 2023-02-27. (19/00105-3, 18/01659-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GONÇALVES, Geslaine Rafaela Lemos. Ecology and trophic structure of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae (Decapoda: Majoidea) on the South Coast of São Paulo. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências. Botucatu Botucatu.