SEM projects of the Arthropoda varia Section

Postembryonal development and SEM atlas of Mediterranean Caprella species (Caprellidae, Amphipoda)

(Carola Lang, Traudl Krapp, Roland Melzer) Juvenile and adult female of Caprella cavediniae

Comparison of 1st juvenile and adult female of Caprella cavediniae Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998.

Reference

KRAPP T, LANG C, LIBERTINI A, MELZER RR (2006) Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 sensu lato (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Mediterranean. Org. Divers. Evol. 6: 77-81.

SEM description of Zoea larvae (Decapoda)

(Roland Meyer, Roland Melzer)
Zoea I of Goniopsis pulchra and Portunus acuminatus

Zoea I of Goniopsis pulchra and Portunus acuminatus.

References

MEYER, R, MELZER RR (2004) Scanning EM diagnosis of marine Decapoda larvae: A comparison of preparation techniques. Crustaceana 77: 883-886.
MEYER R, FRIEDRICH S, MELZER RR (2004) Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) and Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 larvae (Brachyura; Xanthidae): Scanning EM diagnosis of Zoea I from the Adriatic Sea. Crustaceana 77: 997-1005
MEYER R, WEHRTMANN IS, MELZER RR (2006) Morphology of the first zoeal stage of Portunus acuminatus, Stimpson, 1871 (Decapoda: Portunidae: Portuninae) reared in the laboratory. Scientia Marina 70: 261-270

SEM-description of Pycnogonida

(Tobias Lehmann, Roland Melzer)

Habitus and isolated egg of Callipallene emaciata.

Reference

LEHMANN T, GAILER JP, MELZER RR, SCHWABE E (2006) A scanning-electron microscopic study of Dickdellia labioflecta (Dell, 1990) (Gastropoda, Littorinoidea) on Colossendeis megalonyx megalonyx Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae): a test for ectoparasitism Polar Biology 30: 243-248.