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Biol Bull 165: 409-415. (October 1983)
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POSTLARVAL GROWTH IN JUVENILE RHITHROPANOPEUS HARRISH

JOHN A. FREEMAN 1, TERRY L WEST 2, and JOHN D. COSTLOW 3

1 Department of Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688
2 Institute of Coastal Marine Resources, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834
3 Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516

Eyestalk removal accelerated the molt cycles of megalopal and juvenile (first through fifth crab instars) Rhithropanopeus harrisii. Eyestalkless crabs also demonstrated a greater increase in size at each ecdysis. The growth rate of eyestalkless crabs was approximately twice the rate measured in control crabs. Epidermal cell density measurements showed that the cell density was the same in intermolt fifth instar control and eyestalkless crabs. The results demonstrate that growth in juvenile crabs is under the influence of eyestalk neurosecretory centers and that growth is a result of epidermal cell proliferation and not cell enlargement.

Submitted on January 20, 1983
Accepted on July 19, 1983






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