Intersexuality in the porcellanid crab Pisidia longicornis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae)

Autor(es)

de Azevedo Ferreira, Luciane Augusto

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ZOOLOGIA; v. 32, n. 2, p. 3-pg., 2015-04-01.

Resumo

Intersex specimens of Pisidia longicomis (Linnaeus, 1767) are recorded for the first time and their secondary sexual characters are analyzed. Of 145 specimens of P. longicomis examined in this study, six were identified as intersex individuals. Of these, three presented male secondary sexual characters, well-developed male gonopores and rudimentary female gonopores, whereas the other three had female secondary sexual characters, with female gonopores being more pronounced than the male ones. The present study provides the first record of intersex porcelain crabs. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/06230-2 - Revisão taxonômica e filogenia do gênero Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae)
• Beneficiário: Luciane Augusto de Azevedo Ferreira
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado