{"title":"External morphology of newly-hatched juveniles of Aegla lata (Crustacea, Aeglidae)","authors":"Luane S. A. Silva, Gustavo M. Teixeira","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2024.2326418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2024.2326418","url":null,"abstract":"Aegla is a genus of freshwater anomuran Crustacea known for having epimorphic postembryonic development. The newly-hatched juveniles’ morphology have been described for only 11 of the 93 known spec...","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140314977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdelmajid El Khayari, Elhabib Rour, Aziz Bouymajane, Nabil Mzoudi, Younes Chenni
{"title":"Use of medicinal plants to enhance the breeding and microbiological quality of the flesh in the snail Cryptomphalus aspersus","authors":"Abdelmajid El Khayari, Elhabib Rour, Aziz Bouymajane, Nabil Mzoudi, Younes Chenni","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2024.2330950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2024.2330950","url":null,"abstract":"The interest in snail farming to help with food security has increased significantly in recent years, but this industry still confronts several difficulties, notably in achieving high-yield and qua...","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140314800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the efficacy of X-ray irradiation on male testes of Mediterranean fruit fly using light and transmission electron microscopy","authors":"Heba A.S. Elelimy, Ahlam Gabarty, Amira AKH Negm","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2024.2304347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2024.2304347","url":null,"abstract":"The present study is to evaluate the efficacy of X-ray irradiation on testes of Ceratitis capitata (resulted from irradiated pupae) exposed to doses of 0 (control), 60.7, 137, 156.9, 237.7, 300.59 ...","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139507840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evegenia Vekhova, Konstantin Kiselev, Yana Alexandrova, Anna Akhmadieva, Yulia Reunova, Arkadiy Reunov
{"title":"The mytilid bivalve Mytilus trossulus exhibits area-specific proportions of heteromorphic spermatozoa in the Sea of Japan","authors":"Evegenia Vekhova, Konstantin Kiselev, Yana Alexandrova, Anna Akhmadieva, Yulia Reunova, Arkadiy Reunov","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2298687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2298687","url":null,"abstract":"The present study is devoted to a comparison of the structure and quantitative ratio of heterogeneous spermatozoa of native wild mussels Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850, collected in four areas of th...","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139092329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reproductive features of Rumina decollata (Pulmonata: Achatinidae) from Adana, Turkey","authors":"İhsan Ekin","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2298193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2298193","url":null,"abstract":"This study provides data on Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758), focusing on reproductive parameters, and developmental features of eggs and offspring. Following collection from citrus orchards in Ad...","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139056544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Luiza Ferraz dos Santos, Jefferson Rodrigues-Pedrosa, Wendel J. Teles Pontes
{"title":"The pre-oviposition period is associated with ovary maturation in <i>Cryptolaemus montrouzieri</i> Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)","authors":"Maria Luiza Ferraz dos Santos, Jefferson Rodrigues-Pedrosa, Wendel J. Teles Pontes","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2280580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2280580","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe pre-oviposition period is critical in the development of reproductive organs in ladybirds, but there is little information about the main causes of this period. The pre-oviposition period in the ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri was influenced by prey consumption, suggesting that there is a nutritional aspect from food intake that must affect ovary maturation after adult emergence. We also investigated whether feeding on non-prey food affects the maturation of ovaries. We have found that newly emerged females of C. montrouzieri have no developed ovary, and when feeding on adults of the mealybug Planococcus citri and in the absence of males, 5 days are required for full ovary development and egg maturation. Females feeding only on honey did not develop ovarioles even in 7 days. The ovarioles developed in each female on each side of the ovary is around 10 on a daily basis, with no significant difference between the left and the right side each day. On the fifth day, a great number of mature eggs were found, remaining constant on the following sixth day. Our results suggest that food quality, rather than just feeding, is a fundamental step to start the physiological chain that is responsible for the ovary development.KEYWORDS: Ladybugovariesdevelopmentovipositionallocation AcknowledgmentsWe thank Melyssa Gabriely Silva, Jorge de Oliveira Gomes Júnior and Helloyza Morais Rodrigues da Silva for their assistance in the complementary experiment and further data collection.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135037607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E.E.D. Mosna, M.C.A. João, P. Hernáez, L.A.A. Ferreira, A. Noori, M.A.A. Pinheiro
{"title":"Population biology of the porcelain crab <i>Pachycheles laevidactylus</i> Ortmann, 1892 (Anomura: porcellanidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic","authors":"E.E.D. Mosna, M.C.A. João, P. Hernáez, L.A.A. Ferreira, A. Noori, M.A.A. Pinheiro","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2277950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2277950","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTA population of the porcelain crab Pachycheles laevidactylus was evaluated based on sex ratio, sexual dimorphism, reproductive intensity, relative growth and sexual maturity. The porcelain crabs were identified, sexed and measured as follows: carapace (CL, length; CW, width), chelar propodus (PL, length; PH, height) and abdomen (AL, length; AW2 and AW5, the width of the 2nd and 5th abdominal somite, respectively). For the 1,109 specimens analyzed, the sex ratio was 1:1, but contrasted in some seasons. Females were significantly larger than males, and ovigerous females were recorded in all seasons, with greater intensity in autumn and winter. In males, the biometric ratios of the major chelar propodus (PHxCL and PLxCL) showed positive allometry regarding body size, with a reduction in the allometry rate after puberty. The same occurred with females for the biometric ratios of the abdomen (AW2xCL and AW5xCL). Males attain morphological sexual maturity at 3.48 mm CL, earlier than females, which occurred at 5.00 mm CL. In this study, P. laevidactylus matured with a larger size than reported for others analyzed in the temperate zone. It is the first study addressing aspects of the population biology of P. laevidactylus in a region with a subtropical climate.KEYWORDS: Allometrygrowthmorphologyreproductionsexual maturity Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingWe want to thank the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (Research Fellowship Grant to MAAP: # 305957/2019-8) and the São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP for the financial support provided to MAAP (# 1998/6055-0, # 2022/05614-2, # 2009/14725-1 and # 2014/50438-5) and the Master Fellowship Grant MCAJ (# 2019/16581-9).","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135682375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liangwei Xiong, Yi Zheng, Shuaibing Wang, Guanglai Zhu, Haihua Wang
{"title":"Production of juveniles of the freshwater, egg-laying lymnaeid snail Radix plicatula as prey for the juveniles of Whitman leech (Whitmania pigra)","authors":"Liangwei Xiong, Yi Zheng, Shuaibing Wang, Guanglai Zhu, Haihua Wang","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2223174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2223174","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The leech Whitmania pigra is well known in traditional Chinese medicine for promoting human blood circulation and alleviating blood stasis. To evaluate its suitability as bait for this neonate leech, we investigate the reproductive efficiency of the snail Radix plicatula under laboratory conditions. Furthermore, the effects of the size of R. plicatula on the growth of newborn W. pigra were evaluated. Wild snails laid eggs in mid-March with body weight >0.223 g and peaked at the beginning of April to early May. The accumulated number of eggs was 1489.70 ± 895.98 and 2145.67 ± 694.47 separately for individual and paired snails (P = 0.083). The time elapsed up to the hatching of the first egg in the four collected egg masses ranged from 12 to 18 days, and the hatching percentage ranged from 97-% to 100-% . The predation rate of the newborn W. pigra was significantly higher when feeding on small snails than on medium and large snails (P < 0.01). Furthermore, increased snail size resulted in decreased leech growth and survival rates. The investigations demonstrated that the snail R. plicatula could serve as a suitable living bait in the rearing of W. pigra to help alleviate the scarcity of leech on the market.","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48992070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mateus Pereira Santos, V. Fransozo, G. R. L. Gonçalves, R. C. Costa, M. L. Negreiros-Fransozo
{"title":"Relative growth and sexual maturity of the spider crab Libinia spinosa Guérin, 1832 (Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialtidae), from the Southeast Brazilian coast","authors":"Mateus Pereira Santos, V. Fransozo, G. R. L. Gonçalves, R. C. Costa, M. L. Negreiros-Fransozo","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2175731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2175731","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We investigated the relative growth and sexual maturity (gonadal and morphometric) of Libinia spinosa. Crabs were sampled at Ubatuba from January to December 2000, using trawls. Based on allometric growth, males were grouped into juveniles (MJ), adolescents (MAd) and adults (MA) based on the relationship CPL (major cheliped propod length) vs. CW (cephalothorax width), all with positive allometric growth. For females, the relationship AW (abdomen width) vs. CW allowed segregating juveniles (FJ) from adults (FA), with positive allometric growth for FJ but isometric growth for FA. The morphometric maturity evidenced for MAd varied from 33.7 mm to 34.5 mm and for MA and FA. The size at which 50% of individuals reach the morphometric sexual maturity was L50 = 50.1 mm for males and L50 = 37.3 mm for females. Gonad maturity was L50 = 33.7 mm for males and L50 = 36.9 mm for females. Through relative growth analyses, we identified an adolescent male group (prepuberal phase). These individuals presented mature gonads, enabling them to copulate with females. These adolescent males may reproduce while avoiding competition with adult males, as it happens in other species of Majoidea that present more than two morphotypes in the population.","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41590985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Villalejo-Fuerte, Marcelino Ruiz Domínguez, Gladys Guadalupe Cota Hernández, Felipe Neri Melo Barrera, Nurenskaya Vélez-Arellano, M. Arellano-Martínez, A. Tripp-Quezada
{"title":"Parameters of the Spondylus limbatus GB Sowerby II, 1847, population in the Central-West Gulf of California, Mexico","authors":"M. Villalejo-Fuerte, Marcelino Ruiz Domínguez, Gladys Guadalupe Cota Hernández, Felipe Neri Melo Barrera, Nurenskaya Vélez-Arellano, M. Arellano-Martínez, A. Tripp-Quezada","doi":"10.1080/07924259.2023.2172363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2023.2172363","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The main Spondylus limbatus population parameters were estimated based on the analysis of individual growth and reproductive aspects of specimens collected monthly (n = 30) from January to December 2009 in the fishing area of Agua Verde, Gulf of California. The size structure determined from shell measurements was 82–167 mm and the direct reading of shell sections indicated ages of 1–14 years. The data were adjusted to the von Bertalanffy, Gompertz, logistic, Richards and Schnute (Type 1) growth models. The von Bertalanffy model provided the best fit to describe individual growth in this species (SH∞ = 142.7 mm, k = 0.47, t0 = −0.20 years). The spawning season was determined through gonadal histology, and the size and age at sexual maturity through a logistic model. Reproductive activity occurred from March to September, with spawning peaks in July and August. The size and age at sexual maturity were 10.8 mm and 2.7 years, respectively. This information provides the necessary knowledge to implement management measures in the area. We recommend independent studies to establish management measures for each fishing area.","PeriodicalId":14482,"journal":{"name":"Invertebrate Reproduction & Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42900471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}