Early larval stages of the Indo-Pacific coral gall-forming crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) cultured in the laboratory

Hapalocarcinus marsupialis, the type-species in the family Hapalocarcinidae, is one of at least 27 species in 8 genera of these remarkable little crabs that settle on living scleractinian corals and e ventually become partially or completely imprisoned in the resultant gall produced by the host coral.

This manuscript is a preprint version with the final publication available at http://www.brill.nl/crustaceana and may be cited as: Gore, R. H., Scotto, L. E., & Reed, J. K. (1983). Early larval stages of the Indo-Pacific coral gall-forming crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) cultured in the laboratory. Crustaceana, 44(2), 141-150.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #290.