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To grow or to reproduce? Sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic allometry in two Sesarmidae species (Crustacea: Brachyura)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2018

Murilo Zanetti Marochi Open the ORCID record for Murilo Zanetti Marochi [Opens in a new window] ,
Marcelo Costa ,
Renata Daldin Leite ,
Isis Danniele Cury Da Cruz  and
Setuko Masunari
Murilo Zanetti Marochi*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Marcelo Costa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Cedeteg, Vila Carli, 85040-080, Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil
Renata Daldin Leite
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Isis Danniele Cury Da Cruz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Setuko Masunari
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Correspondence should be addressed to: M.Z. Marochi, Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Differences between sexes may arise either during development or at the adult stage only. In both cases growth rate during development and level of allometry may influence sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic trajectories. To analyse the period in which sexual dimorphism appears during ontogeny and assess allometric ontogeny in Sesarmidae crabs, we evaluated: (1) sexual dimorphism in shape and size of the carapace and cheliped propodus of juveniles and adult Aratus pisonii and Armases rubripes, and (2) their ontogenetic trajectory, using geometric morphometric (GM) techniques. We tested the hypothesis that sexual dimorphism in sesarmid crab shape takes place before the puberty moult. In Aratus pisonii there was sexual dimorphism in the shape of the carapace in juveniles (before puberty moult) and variation between juveniles and adults was size-dependent, especially in the frontal region of the carapace. For Armases rubripes this shape sexual dimorphism was detected only after the puberty moult (adult phase). For males, carapace variation between juveniles and adults was also size-dependent, especially in the carapace frontal region, but for females, there was a change in shape with different trajectories. Our results also indicated that shape variation is a common pattern during growth for Sesarmidae species. This ontogenetic shape variation may be associated with spatial partitioning between juveniles and adults.

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Ontogenetic trajectoriesAratusArmasesshape variationgeometric morphometrics
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , March 2019 , pp. 473 - 486
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2018 

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