The authors thank the technicians of the Centro de Microscopia Eletronica(CME)and the histology laboratory of the Department of Zoology,Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul(UFRGS)who assisted with sample preparation,as well as the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development(CNPq)of Brazil.
Egg incubation on the female abdomen is the parental care behavior observed in aeglids,in which eggs are kept adhered to maternal pleopods and maintained,cleaned and aerated.In A.platensis,egg attachment occurs with t...