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Table 12.3
Reproductive periodicity and egg size in deep-sea crustaceans
Species
Site
Depth (m)
Egg size (mm) Periodicity 1 References
NON-VENT SPECIES
MALACOSTRACA: PERACARIDA
Mysidacea
Boreomysis tridens
Rockall Trough
500–2500
1900–2100
S
Mauchline (1986)
Erythrops microps
Rockall Trough
500–1000
?
A
Mauchline (1986)
Michthyops parva
Rockall Trough
1500–2500
?
A
Mauchline (1986)
Cumacea
Diastylis stygia
NW Atlantic
2065–2115
?
A
Blake and Watling (1994)
Leucon jonesi
Surinam
1500
?
A (?)
Bishop (1994)
Isopoda
Eurycope californiensis
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
A
Rokop (1977b)
Ilyarachna sp.
NW Atlantic
1400–2178
?
A
Sanders and Hessler (1969)
Ilyarachna profunda
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
A
Rokop (1977b)
Natatolana borealis
Mediterranean
500
?
A,F
Ka¨ ım-Malka (1997)
Storthyngura birsteini
Scotia Sea
1737–3804
?
S
George and Menzies (1967)
Storthyngura scotia
Scotia Sea
2450–2816
?
S (?)
George and Menzies (1967)
Storthyngura robustissima
Scotia Sea
884–1485
?
S (?)
George and Menzies (1967)
16 asellote species (pooled data) N. Carolina Slope
515–5025
?
S (?)
George and Menzies (1968)
47 asellote species (pooled data) Rockall Trough
1160–2925
?
A,F
Harrison (1988)
Amphipoda
Eusirus perdentatus
Weddell Sea
176–799
2750
S
Klages (1993)
Harpiniopsis excavata
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
A
Rokop (1977a)
Pseudharpinia excavata
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
Rokop (1977b)
CIRRIPEDIA
Poecilasma kaempferi
Rockall Trough
2000
120
A
Green et al. (1994)
DECAPODA
Dendrobranchiata:
Aristeus antennatus
Mediterranean
400–800
336 (max)
S
Demestre and Fortu˜ no (1992)
Caridea:
Plesionika acanthonotus
Mediterranean
165–1550
530
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika edwardsi
Mediterranean
256–512
590
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika gigliolii
Mediterranean
100–748
550
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika heterocarpus
Mediterranean
82–699
530
A
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika martia
Mediterranean
165–871
550
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Macrura:
Stereomastis nana
NE Atlantic
613–2642
700
A
Wenner (1978)
Stereomastis sculpta
NE Atlantic
486–2257
600
A
Wenner (1978)
Anomura:
Chirostylus sp.
?
950
4280 2
?
Van Dover and Williams (1991)
Eumunida picta
?
512
1556 2
?
Van Dover and Williams (1991)
Munida propinqua
?
921
1001 2
?
Van Dover and Williams (1991)
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Craig M. YOUNG
Table 12.3
Reproductive periodicity and egg size in deep-sea crustaceans
Species
Site
Depth (m)
Egg size (mm) Periodicity 1 References
NON-VENT SPECIES
MALACOSTRACA: PERACARIDA
Mysidacea
Boreomysis tridens
Rockall Trough
500–2500
1900–2100
S
Mauchline (1986)
Erythrops microps
Rockall Trough
500–1000
?
A
Mauchline (1986)
Michthyops parva
Rockall Trough
1500–2500
?
A
Mauchline (1986)
Cumacea
Diastylis stygia
NW Atlantic
2065–2115
?
A
Blake and Watling (1994)
Leucon jonesi
Surinam
1500
?
A (?)
Bishop (1994)
Isopoda
Eurycope californiensis
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
A
Rokop (1977b)
Ilyarachna sp.
NW Atlantic
1400–2178
?
A
Sanders and Hessler (1969)
Ilyarachna profunda
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
A
Rokop (1977b)
Natatolana borealis
Mediterranean
500
?
A,F
Ka¨ ım-Malka (1997)
Storthyngura birsteini
Scotia Sea
1737–3804
?
S
George and Menzies (1967)
Storthyngura scotia
Scotia Sea
2450–2816
?
S (?)
George and Menzies (1967)
Storthyngura robustissima
Scotia Sea
884–1485
?
S (?)
George and Menzies (1967)
16 asellote species (pooled data) N. Carolina Slope
515–5025
?
S (?)
George and Menzies (1968)
47 asellote species (pooled data) Rockall Trough
1160–2925
?
A,F
Harrison (1988)
Amphipoda
Eusirus perdentatus
Weddell Sea
176–799
2750
S
Klages (1993)
Harpiniopsis excavata
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
A
Rokop (1977a)
Pseudharpinia excavata
San Diego Trough 1171–1244
?
Rokop (1977b)
CIRRIPEDIA
Poecilasma kaempferi
Rockall Trough
2000
120
A
Green et al. (1994)
DECAPODA
Dendrobranchiata:
Aristeus antennatus
Mediterranean
400–800
336 (max)
S
Demestre and Fortu˜ no (1992)
Caridea:
Plesionika acanthonotus
Mediterranean
165–1550
530
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika edwardsi
Mediterranean
256–512
590
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika gigliolii
Mediterranean
100–748
550
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika heterocarpus
Mediterranean
82–699
530
A
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Plesionika martia
Mediterranean
165–871
550
S
Company and Sard` a (1997)
Macrura:
Stereomastis nana
NE Atlantic
613–2642
700
A
Wenner (1978)
Stereomastis sculpta
NE Atlantic
486–2257
600
A
Wenner (1978)
Anomura:
Chirostylus sp.
?
950
4280 2
?
Van Dover and Williams (1991)
Eumunida picta
?
512
1556 2
?
Van Dover and Williams (1991)
Munida propinqua
?
921
1001 2
?
Van Dover and Williams (1991)
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