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Journal of Taiwan Fisheries Research
究Studies on Larval Development of the Rhynchocinetid Shrimp (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis)
- Date：2007-06-03
- Volume：15
- No：1
- Page：13-35
- Auther：Chen-Cheng Cheng and Wann-Sheng Tsai
The larvae of Rhynchocinetes durbanensis grew through twelve zoea stages and one postlarvae stage and metamorphosed into the juvenile at 55 days cultivation under the 27.0 ± 1.0 ℃, 33.0 ± 1.0 psu. The major morphological characteristics of each stage was described and illustrated. The number of eggs of each ovigerous female varied from 267 to1,764. The eggs were hatched at 9 days after spawning under 29.2 ± 0.3 ℃ or at 18 days under 22.0 ± 1.4 ℃. The reproductive cycle was 10 days under 28.2 ± 0.5 ℃ or 20 days under 21.9 ± 1.1 ℃.