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Developmental changes in the mouthparts of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus: Implications for aquaculture

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Date Issued:
2008
Title: Developmental changes in the mouthparts of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus: Implications for aquaculture.
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Name(s): Cox, Serena L., creator
Jeffs, Andrew G., creator
Davis, Megan, creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 2008
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Extent: 8 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: FADT3158775 (IID), 3158775 (digitool), fau:5601 (fedora), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.07.019 (doi), 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.07.019 (doi)
Note(s): Light microscopy and video analysis were used to examine the mouthpart morphology and feeding behaviour of the Caribbean spiny lobster from puerulus (megalopal stage) (5–8 mm carapace length, CL) to adult (85 mm CL). Upon settlement the pueruli did not possess fully functional mouthparts, however, efficient feeding appendages appeared in the first instar juvenile (after the first moult from puerulus). From this stage the density, robustness and complexity of setation on the mouthparts, together with the size and calcification of the mouthparts increased progressively with the size of the lobster.
The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486. This article may be cited as: Cox, S. L., Jeffs, A. G., & Davis, M. (2008). Developmental changes in the mouthparts of juvenile Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus: Implications for aquaculture. Aquaculture, 283(1-4), 168-174. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.07.019
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1705.
Subject(s): Caribbean spiny lobster
Microscopy
Crustaceans
Aquaculture
Animal feeding
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3158775
Links: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.07.019 
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Host Institution: FAU