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Thermal adaptations of embryos of six terrestrial hermit crab species

2016; Inter-Research; Volume: 25; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/ab00663

2195-2744

Koji Hamasaki, Takeshi Matsuda, Katsuhiko Takano, M. F. Sugizaki, Yūichiro Murakami, Dan Shen, Shuichi Kitada,

Marine and fisheries research

AB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections AB 25:83-96 (2016) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00663 Thermal adaptations of embryos of six terrestrial hermit crab species Katsuyuki Hamasaki1,*, Takahiro Matsuda1, Ken Takano1, Mio Sugizaki1, Yu Murakami1, Shigeki Dan2, Shuichi Kitada1 1Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minato, Konan, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan 2Research Centre for Marine Invertebrate, National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, Momoshima, Onomichi, Hiroshima 722-0061, Japan *Corresponding author: hamak@kaiyodai.ac.jp ABSTRACT: We evaluated the thermal adaptations of embryos of 6 terrestrial hermit crab species in the family Coenobitidae (genera Birgus and Coenobita): B. latro, C. brevimanus, C. cavipes, C. purpureus, C. rugosus, and C. violascens. Embryos of each species were cultured in vitro at 6 different temperatures (18 to 34°C) in artificial seawater to avoid air desiccation; the lower threshold temperatures for embryonic development were estimated using heat summation theory equations. Additionally, partial effective cumulative temperatures (> lower threshold temperature) until hatching were determined for ovigerous females of each species cultured in containers. The relationships between the embryonic growth index values (relative area of the embryonic body vs. total embryo surface) and effective cumulative temperatures were expressed using cubic equations. Lower threshold temperature was estimated to be 12.7 to 14.5°C. The effective cumulative temperature and egg incubation period estimates from the appearance of the embryonic body to hatching were higher in B. latro and C. brevimanus, followed by C. rugosus, C. cavipes, and C. violascens, and lower in C. purpureus, suggesting that C. brevimanus may retain an ancestral thermal adaptation trait for embryos, as in B. latro, which is considered the most ancestral species in the coenobitid phylogeny. Egg size varied among species but did not affect the thermal adaptations of embryos. The lower effective cumulative temperature and shorter egg incubation period may be advantageous to producing broods during the shorter summer breeding season in C. purpureus, which has the northern-most geographical distribution. KEY WORDS: Coconut crab · Land hermit crab · Embryonic development · Lower threshold temperature · Effective cumulative temperature Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Hamasaki K, Matsuda T, Takano K, Sugizaki M, Murakami Y, Dan S, Kitada S (2016) Thermal adaptations of embryos of six terrestrial hermit crab species. Aquat Biol 25:83-96. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00663 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AB Vol. 25. Online publication date: August 24, 2016 Print ISSN: 1864-7782; Online ISSN: 1864-7790 Copyright © 2016 Inter-Research.