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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 9 | NUMBER 3 | PAGES 565-569 | 1987
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Mature antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) grown from eggs in the laboratory

T. Ikeda*

Antarctic Division, Department of Science Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7150, Australia

Fertilized eggs obained from female krill in Antarctic waters were transported to the Australian Antarctic Division in Tasmania, the eggs were successfully developed to larval, juvenile, subadult and finally mature adult stages in the laboratory. Under experimental conditions of unlimited food supply, at 0°C and in complete darkness, the length of the life cycle from egg to egg was 3 years.

*Present address: Japan Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, 5939–22, 1 Suido-Cho, Niigata 951, Japan


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