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The origins and evolution of sperm storage in Brachyura are enigmatic: sperm is either stored in seminal receptacles, accessible via the vulvae on the sixth thoracic sternite, or in spermathecae at the border between the seventh and eighth sternites. Crabs with spermathecae are collectively referred to as "podotremes" while crabs with seminal receptacles belong to the Eubrachyura. The position of gonopores is the primary basis for subdividing the Eurachyura into the Heterotremata (female vulvae + males with coxal gonopores) and Thoracotremata (female vulvae + males with sternal gonopores). We present a hypothesis about the evolution of seminal receptacles in eubrachyuran female crabs and argue that the sternal gonopore has been internalized into chitin-lined seminal receptacles and the vulva is in fact a secondary aperture. The loss of some or all of the ancestral chitinous seminal receptacle lining was linked to ventral migration of the oviduct connection. Male and female strategies are to maximize gamete fertilization. The most important variable for females is sperm supply, enhanced by long-term storage made possible by the seminal receptacle. To maximize their fertilization rates males must adapt to the structure of the seminal receptacle to ensure that their sperm are close to the oviduct entrance. The major evolutionary impetus for female mating strategies was derived from the consequences of better sperm conservation and the structure of the seminal receptacle. The advantages were all to the females because their promiscuity and sperm storage allowed them to produce more genetically variable offspring, thereby enhancing variation upon which natural selection could act. We extend our arguments to Brachyura as a whole and offer a unifying explanation of the evolution of seminal receptacles, comparing them with the spermathecae found in "Podotremata": they were independent solutions to the same problem: maintaining sperm supply during evolutionary carcinization. Explanation of eubrachyuran mating strategies requires analysis of the mating-moulting link, indeterminate vs. determinate growth format and seminal receptacle structure. Two alternatives for each of these characters means that there are eight possible outcomes. Six of these outcomes have been realized, which we term Portunoid, Majoid, Eriphoid, Xanthoid, Cancroid, and Grapsoid-Ocypodoid strategies, respectively. Mapping these characters on to a workable phylogeny (wherein some changes to the seminal receptacle + moulting-mating links are assumed to have occurred more than once) produces the following relationships: Portunoids + Majoids are a sister group to the rest of the Eubrachyura, which fall into two sister groups, Eriphoids + Xanthoids and Cancroids + Grapsoid-Ocypodoids and the "Podotremata" is sister group to all the Eubrachyura. We conclude that what began as a race to be the first to mate was turned on its head to become a race to be last, by the evolutionary changes to the seminal receptacle. Eubrachyuran females were advantaged by greater reproductive autonomy, more opportunity to mate with other males, resulting in more genetically variable progeny and leading to the evolution of much greater taxonomic diversity compared to "podotremes". © 2011 Elsevier GmbH.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:A hypothesis about the origin of sperm storage in the Eubrachyura, the effects of seminal receptacle structure on mating strategies and the evolution of crab diversity: How did a race to be first become a race to be last?
Autor:McLay, C.L.; López Greco, L.S.
Filiación:School of Biological Sciences, Canterbury University, PB4800 Christchurch, New Zealand
Dept. of Biodiversity and Experimental Biology, FCEyN, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Brachyura; Carzinization; Copulation; Crustacea; Decapoda; Evolution; Fertilization; Growth format; Mate guarding; Moulting; Podotremata; Seminal receptacle; Sperm competition; Sperm storage; Sperm transfer; Spermatheca; copulation; crab; evolution; fertilization (reproduction); genetic variation; growth; natural selection; phylogeny; reproductive biology; sperm; sperm competition; taxonomy; Brachyura; Cancroidea; Crustacea; Decapoda (Crustacea); Eubrachyura; Grapsoidea; Heterotremata; Majoidea; Ocypodoidea; Portunoidea; Thoracotremata; Xanthoidea
Año:2011
Volumen:250
Número:4
Página de inicio:378
Página de fin:406
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.06.002
Título revista:Zoologischer Anzeiger
Título revista abreviado:Zool. Anz.
ISSN:00445231
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00445231_v250_n4_p378_McLay

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McLay, C.L. & López Greco, L.S. (2011) . A hypothesis about the origin of sperm storage in the Eubrachyura, the effects of seminal receptacle structure on mating strategies and the evolution of crab diversity: How did a race to be first become a race to be last?. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 250(4), 378-406.
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McLay, C.L., López Greco, L.S. "A hypothesis about the origin of sperm storage in the Eubrachyura, the effects of seminal receptacle structure on mating strategies and the evolution of crab diversity: How did a race to be first become a race to be last?" . Zoologischer Anzeiger 250, no. 4 (2011) : 378-406.
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McLay, C.L., López Greco, L.S. "A hypothesis about the origin of sperm storage in the Eubrachyura, the effects of seminal receptacle structure on mating strategies and the evolution of crab diversity: How did a race to be first become a race to be last?" . Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 250, no. 4, 2011, pp. 378-406.
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McLay, C.L., López Greco, L.S. A hypothesis about the origin of sperm storage in the Eubrachyura, the effects of seminal receptacle structure on mating strategies and the evolution of crab diversity: How did a race to be first become a race to be last?. Zool. Anz. 2011;250(4):378-406.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.06.002