(De Haan, 1833)
Zoea
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 1, but with additional undescribed stages.
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 13 First zoeae of Portunidae]:
Abdominal somites 3-5 with short lateral spines.
Telson-furcal spines: 1 lateral, 1 dorsal.
No information about the antennular setation.
No information about the First maxilliped (mxp1) endopod setation.
Megalopa
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1, however, incompletely described.
Morphological characters of megalopa not described.
Larval stages described by Boschi, 1981.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Southern USA, Central America, Brazil (So Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay and Argentina (including Patagonia)
Oriental Atlantic: South Africa; South IP, including Australia and New Zealand, and OP: Peru and Chile.
Depth range of adult
Unknown.