title: Redescription of the early larval stages of the pandalid shrimp Chlorotocus crassicornis (Decapoda: Caridea: Pandalidae).
abstract: The first four larval stages of the pandalid shrimp Chlorotocus crassicornis (A. Costa, 1871) are described and illustrated from laboratory-reared material obtained from ovigerous females collected in the southwestern Spain and south Taiwan. The second to fourth larval stages of this species are reported for the first time to science. Detailed examination of the first larval stages reveals that previous description misidentified some key larval characters which have prevented its identification in plankton samples. It is found that the zoeal morphology of Chlorotocus is not very different from other pandalid larvae, and in fact closely resembles Plesionika and Heterocarpus.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan; Email: jm_landeira@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Landeira
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Guo-Chen
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R.O.C. Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Tin-Yam
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Marine Science & Technology, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Tung-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEIMAR), E-11510 Puerto Real, Spain; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: J Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Gozález-Gordillo
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D033542:Pandalidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D013624:Taiwan