(Linnaeus, 1763)
Zoea [no illustration available]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 3.
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 5 First zoeae of Dromiidae]:
Carapace without spine, but one pair of transverse grooves
Abdominal somites without spines
Antennule with three aesthetascs
Third maxilliped (mxp3) endopod with two plumose setae
Megalopa [no illustration available]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of megalopa [Table 15 Mgp Dromiidae Latreilliidae Calappidae Leucosiidae]:
Carapace with anterodorsal spines.
Maxillule (mx1) endopod setation: 2, 2, 4.
Maxilla (mx2) endopod setation: 1, 5.
Second maxilliped (mxp2) exopod setation: 2, 7.
Third maxilliped (mxp3) exopod setation: 0, 7.
Larval stages described by Lang and Young, 1980.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, Venezuela and Brazil (Maranho to So Paulo).
Depth range of adult
Sublittoral zone - 90 m.