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ALTHOUGH similarities between the control of some chromatophores in larval and adult Crustacea have been noted1, relatively little is known of the presence of chromatophorotropic substances or their development in larval Brachyura. The three zoeal stages and one megalops stage of Sesarma reticulatum, reared from hatching to the first crab and beyond, in controlled laboratory conditions, provide an excellent source of material to test for the presence of a Uca black-dispersing substance in all stages of larval development and to determine if the activity of this substance during larval development is associated with the larval moult and inter-moult periods.
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COSTLOW, J. Fluctuations in Hormone Activity in Brachyura Larvæ. Nature 192, 183–184 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192183a0
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