Taxonomy of the phyllosoma of Panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) and P. gracilis Streets, 1871, based on morphometry and molecular analysis

Abstract

Analysis of wild phyllosoma of Panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) and P. gracilis Streets, 1871 determined the morphological structures having taxonomic value for differentiation of the two species, in addition to the structures described previously. Of 54 phyllosoma, species identity was confirmed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) on 42 P. inflatus and 4 P. gracilis, for which morphology and morphometric measurements were taken. Morphological analysis found subexopodal spines, spines at the base of pereopods 1 and 2, and the mandibles are structures of taxonomic value for differentiating the two species. Morphometric data did not allow differentiation.

Larvae; Pacific coast of Mexico; PCR-RFLP; spiny lobsters; taxonomy

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  27 Jan 2015
• Date of issue
  June 2014

History

• Received
  19 Sept 2013
• Accepted
  08 July 2014