Chapter 7 Planktonic Crustacea
Part VII Sergestidae
Department of Oceanography
References
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动物学报
Crustacea, Malacostraca, Decapoda,Natantia,
Penaeidea, Sergestidae
Features:
? body laterally compressed, rostrum short;
? P
1-3
modified as maxillipeds;
? P
4-5
absent or rudimentary
? indirectly development
1 General Morphology
1.1 Body form
? cephalothorax
? abdomen, 6th abdominal somite with sexual
dimorphism
1.2 Appendages
?(1)A
1
, statocyst , ♂clasping organ
?(2)A
2
?(3)M;M
1
;M
2
;Mp
?(4)P
1-8
?(5)Pl
1-5
,sexual dimorphism
?(6)Up
1.3 Eyes, compound eyes with eyestalk
A. Indicus A. erythraeus
A. serrulatus A. japonicus
2 Classification
M with or without palp
? 2.1 Subfamily Sergestinae
(1)Acetes
(2)Sergestes
? 2.2 Subfamily Luciferinae
(1)Lucifer
Acetes
Sexual differences of Acetes
absent
with appendix
masculina
base of Pl
2
Ri
normalwith petasmaPl
1
absentpresent, papilla-likegenital coxae
extending to
middle of that
segment
extending to base of 3rd
peduncular segment of
A
1
scale of A
2
unmodified
modified as clasping
organ
inferior flagellum
of A
1
larger with longer
ocular stalk
smaller with shorter
ocular stalk
compound eyes
largersmallergenital plate
longershorterbody length
femalemaleCharacters
Lucifer
Lucifer hanseni
L. typus L. intermedius L. hanseni L. penicillifer
absentpresent appendix masculina of Pl
1
without petasmawith petasmaprotopodite of P
1
without process
with large
ventral process
telson
with very small
spine at posterior
end only
with 2 spinal
processes
Inferior margin of Ab
6
longershorterbody and head length
femalemaleCharacters
Sexual differences of Lucifer
3 Biology and Significance
? 3.1 Distribution
? 3.2 Acetes fishery
According to FAO statistics(1995), A. chinensis supports
the largest single shrimp fishery in the world (409,995t), and
the vast majority of world landings are taken in China.
Bioluminescence of Lucifer