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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 20 | NUMBER 6 | PAGES 1169-1188 | 1998
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Larval development of the Australian giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas (Lamarck, 1818) (Decapoda: Oziidae) reared in the laboratory

Caleb Gardner1,3 and Rodolfo Quintana2

1Aquaculture Department, University of Tasmania Launceston 2Aquatas Pty Ltd Marina Drive, Tasmania, 7054, Australia 3Taroona Marine Research Laboratories PO Box 192B, Hobart, 7001, Australia

Received on November 13, 1997; accepted on January 29, 1998 The larvae of Pseudocarcinus gigas, obtained from females collected from eastern Tasmania, were reared from hatching to metamorphosis. The larval series has five zoeal and one megalopal stages. This paper presents a description of these stages and a comparison with other members of the subfamily Oziinae.


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