Recent Advances in Larval Recruitment Processes of Scyllarid and Palinurid Lobsters in Japanese Waters |
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| Authors: | Hideo Sekiguchi Nariaki Inoue |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, Kamihama-cho, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Phyllosoma larvae collected to date in Japanese and Taiwanese waters have been classified into two genera (Linuparus, Panulirus) of the Palinuridae, four genera (Ibacus, Parribacus, Scyllarides, Scyllarus) of the Scyllaridae, and one genus (Palinurellus) of the Synaxidae. However, phyllosoma larvae of three Scyllarus species (S. bicuspidatus, S. cultrifer, S. kitanoviriosus) are absolutely dominant among the larvae collected in the waters. Scyllarus larvae are abundant in coastal waters while those of Panulirus are often collected in offshore/oceanic waters. Based on previous and ongoing studies dealing with spatial distributions
of phyllosoma larvae in Japanese and Taiwanese waters, it appears that phyllosoma and nisto larvae of the Scyllarus are retained within coastal waters north of the Kuroshio Current. On the other hand, the life history of the Panulirus (particularly P. japonicus) may be completed within the Kuroshio Subgyre: their phyllosoma larvae may be flushed out from coastal waters into the Kuroshio,
then transported through the Counter Current south of the Kuroshio into the water east of Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan where
they attain the subfinal/final phyllosoma or puerulus stages, once again entering the Kuroshio and dispersing into coastal
waters.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
An erratum to this article is available at . |
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| Keywords: | Larval recruitment phyllosoma puerulus nisto Panulirus japonicus |
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