Temperature is a well-known environmental factor that affects the survival rate and development times of larvae in many brachyuran species. Intertidal species, such as the stone crab Xantho poressa are subject to aquatic and aerial temperature conditions, which make them suitable model species to analyse the effects of climate change. In this study, we analyse the effects of temperature on the duration of embryonic and larval development, as well as larval survival, of X. poressa under laboratory conditions. For brood incubation times, 18 ovigerous females were maintained at three different constant temperatures (17, 21 and 25 °C) in seawater (salinity of 35) until hatching. The larvae from other three ovigerous females were reared individually at the same temperature and in the same salinity conditions as for the brood incubation experiments. Embryonic incubation times decreased as temperature increased. Mean incubation times ranged between 23 and 9 days at 17 and 25 °C, respectively. Larvae development was completed at the three temperatures tested with the highest survival rate occurring at 25 °C. The duration of larval development also decreased with increasing temperature. The mean number of days from hatching to the megalopa stage ranged between 35 (17 °C) and 15 days (25 °C). An additional zoeal stage (ZV) was observed at the lowest temperature tested (17 °C).

温度是一个众所周知的环境因素，它会影响许多短臂猿物种中幼虫的存活率和发育时间。潮间物种，例如石蟹黄单胞菌毛孔受到水生和空气温度条件的影响，这使其成为分析气候变化影响的合适模式物种。在这项研究中，我们分析了温度对毛孔沙门氏菌胚胎和幼虫发育持续时间以及幼虫存活的影响。在实验室条件下。在孵化时间中，将18只有卵的雌性在海水（盐度为35）中保持在三个不同的恒定温度（17、21和25°C）下进行孵化。将其他三只有卵的雌性幼虫在与孵化试验相同的温度和相同的盐度条件下分别饲养。胚胎孵育时间随温度升高而降低。平均孵育时间分别在17和25°C的23到9天之间。在三个测试温度下完成了幼虫的发育，在25°C时出现了最高的存活率。幼虫发育的持续时间也随着温度的升高而减少。从孵化到半生不育阶段的平均天数介于35（17°C）和15天（25°C）之间。