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Reproductive cycles of four species of Patella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on the northern and central Portuguese coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2009

Pedro A. Ribeiro ,
Raquel Xavier ,
António M. Santos  and
Stephen J. Hawkins
Pedro A. Ribeiro*
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, UK School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Raquel Xavier
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
António M. Santos
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Stephen J. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, UK School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.A. Ribeiro, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal email: paribeir@fc.up.pt
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Abstract

The reproductive cycles of four limpet species, Patella depressa, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata and Patella rustica are described for several locations in northern and central Portugal. Patella depressa and P. ulyssiponensis displayed almost continual gonad activity, with two main spawning periods, September–January and March–June, and minor spawning events dispersed throughout the year. Patella vulgata and P. rustica exhibited highly synchronized reproductive cycles, with well-defined breeding and resting periods. Gonad development in P. vulgata started in September and spawning took place from November–December to March. In P. rustica development started in June and spawning occurred from September–October to December–January. Compared to the 1980s these results suggest that breeding periods are becoming longer in southern species and shorter in northern species.

Keywords

limpetPatella depressaPatella ulyssiponensisPatella vulgataPatella rusticareproductive cyclesPortugal
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 6 , September 2009 , pp. 1215 - 1221
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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