Nauplius (Jun 2014)

Taxonomy of the phyllosoma of Panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) and P. gracilis Streets, 1871, based on morphometry and molecular analysis

  • Isabel Muñoz-García,
  • Francisco J. García-Rodríguez,
  • Rogelio González-Armas,
  • Ricardo Perez-Enriquez,
  • Manuel Ayón-Parente

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 41 – 51

Abstract

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Analysis of wild phyllosoma of Panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) and P. gracilis Streets, 1871 determined the morphological structures having taxonomic value for differentiation of the two species, in addition to the structures described previously. Of 54 phyllosoma, species identity was confirmed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) on 42 P. inflatus and 4 P. gracilis, for which morphology and morphometric measurements were taken. Morphological analysis found subexopodal spines, spines at the base of pereopods 1 and 2, and the mandibles are structures of taxonomic value for differentiating the two species. Morphometric data did not allow differentiation.

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