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The pilumnid crab Pilumnus reticulatus Stimpson, 1860 is known to range from the Caribbean Sea to Argentina (Atlantic). It has also been recorded from the Pacific coast of Panama. Larvae of Pilumnus reticulatus from females collected in the mouth of the Rio de la Plata were reared in the laboratory from zoea I to megalopa. A reappraisal of larval characters is made by comparing the results of this present study with the previous descriptions of Montú et al. (1989) and with those from other Pilumnus species: P. dasypodus, P. sayi, P. vespertilio, P. hirtellus, P. kempi, P. scabriusculus and P. minutus.
This paper was funded by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia and the Dirección General del Instituto Cooperación Íberoamericana de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional grant to AR and the Universidad de Mar del Plata grant 15/E082 to EDS.
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