Incubation of eggs and embryonic development of the fiddler crab, Uca
lactea (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)
T.
Yamaguchi-2001
Crustaceana,
74 Part 5: 449-458 (from Current Contents)
Abstract :
The
average incubation period of Uca lactea is 15.4 days. Fifteen stages of
embryonic development were categorized by following the daily progress. On
the first day, newly laid eggs became 32-celled eggs. The longest diameter
of undivided eggs was 0.24 mm, which increased to 0.32 mm before hatching.
(Aitsu
Marine Biol Stn, Matsushima Cho, Kumamoto 8616102, Japan)