The zoeal development of Platymaia wyvillethomsoni Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majoidea: Inachidae) described from laboratory reared material

The spider crab Platymaia wyvillethomsoni was reared in the laboratory, from hatching to the megalopal stage at 20°C. The larval development comprises two zoeal stages and a megalopa. The zoeal stages are described for the first time and compared with those of the four known species of the family Inachidae from the northern Pacific. The zoeal characters (carapace spines, antenna, mouthpart appendages, pleon and telson fork) of P. wyvillethomsoni are significantly different from those of two Achaeus species from northern Pacific and other inachid genera (Inachus and Macropodia) from the Atlantic. Therefore, this species should not be placed in the family Inachidae based on zoeal morphology. A provisional key for the identification of known zoeae of the family from the northern Pacific is provided.

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