MATING IN THE BRACHYURA
MATING IN THE BRACHYURA
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DOI:
10.1163/156854069x00420
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
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HARTNOLL R G
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HARTNOLL R G
It is possible to divide the six superfamilies of the Brachyura into two groups on the basis of the structure of the female reproductive organs. In the Gymno pleura and the Dromiacea the oviducts open on the coxae of the third peraeopods, and the spermathecae are invaginations of the sternum without any internal connection with the oviducts; in these respects they resemble the non-brachyuran Decapoda, in which fertilisation is also external, and the two superfamilies may collectively be termed the primitive Brachyura. In the remaining four, the Cory stoidea, Oxystomata, Brachyrhyncha and Oxyrhyncha, the female genital openings are on the sixth thoracic sternite, and the spermathecae are enlargements of the oviducts. They have internal fertilisation, being probably unique among the Deca poda in this respect, and will be referred to as the advanced Brachyura. In an earlier paper (Hartnoll, 1968a) I described the morphology of the genital ducts in females of the advanced Brachyura, and demonstrated that there was considerable variation in structure, especially of the vagina and vulva. At the same time I became interested in the different forms of mating behaviour observed in crabs, in view of the possibility that these might be related to the structural variations. Accordingly I collected information on mating behaviour, in part by original research, but largely from published data which were hitherto very widely scattered in the literature. In fact only a limited correlation was found between the structure of the female genitalia and the manner of mating, and this aspect is covered in the final section of the paper. The accumulated data on mating are presented in the body of the paper, discussed, and a number of conclusions drawn. In the course of this account it is necessary to make repeated references to certain species and to the various sources of information regarding them. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition a complete numbered list of species and references is given, family by family, in table I. In the text lists of these numbers are given where appropriate to indicate the data upon which a particular section is based. Crustaceana, 16 11