Stomatopoda (Crustacea - Hoplocarida) no nordeste brasileiro: morfometria como ferramenta taxonômica.

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Jonathas Barreto Pessoa
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; Brasil; Zoologia; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Estomatópodes; Nordeste brasileiro; Morfometria; Catálogo; Padrões estruturais; Stomatopods; Brazilian northeast; Morphometry; Catalog; Structural patterns; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ZOOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4113

The stomatopods are a marine criptobenthic crustacean order inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters. Their main characteristic is the augmented second pair of maxilipeds which are used as both tools and weapons. In the present work twenty species of stomatopods from the northeastern brazilian coast had been morphometrically studied and a species catalog was produced. Structural patterns were observed and described within the families and species. Maximum or minimum sizes of four species have been raised: Pseudosquillisma oculata; Lysiosquilla scabricauda; Alachosquilla floridensis and Gibbesia neglecta. Most cases showed that it is possible distinguishing among different taxons using six linear morphometric measurements through discriminant analyses. No significant morphometric differences between males and females were detected within the analysed species. Key words: stomatopods, brazilian northeast, morphometry, catalog, structural patterns.