Morphometric comparison between hatchery-reared and wild-caught megalopae of the mangrove crab

Morphometric comparison between hatchery-reared and wild-caught megalopae of the mangrove crab

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The objective of console cover top this work was to compare the morphometry of hatchery-reared and wild-caught mangrove crab (Ucides cordatus) megalopae.Ten U.cordatus megalopae of each group (hatchery-reared and wild-caught) were individually analyzed using a stereoscopic microscope equipped with an ocular micrometer.Length, width, and height of all megalopae were measured, and the size of body appendices was determined.The results indicate that the HERBAMARE ORIGINAL hatchery-reared megalopae are more robust than the wild ones.

Furthermore, some significant differences in the size of certain appendices can be cues of the kind of alterations that hatchery-reared individuals experience.