A GIANT PHYLLOSOMA(SPINY LOBSTER) LARVA TAKEN NORTH OF BERMUDA,

Abstract

A giant phyllosoma larva of a loricate crustacean, 69 mm in length, was captured in the deep scattering layer of the waters north of Bermuda. This larva is identical to a 70 mm larva captured in the Marshall Islands. Microscopic examination of extruding fecal material showed that this animal had been feeding on some form of Cnidaria. Phyllosoma larvae are the larval stages of scyllarid and palinurid lobsters, commonly known as 'spiny lobsters.' (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 02, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661227

Entities

People

  • Charles L. Brown Jr.
  • Harold W. Sims Jr.

Organizations

  • Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Crustaceans
  • Deep Scattering Layers
  • Islands
  • Marshall Islands
  • Materials
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

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