Neue ergebnisse über die aufzucht vonCarcinus maenasim laboratorium

✍ Scribed by M. Dries; D. Adelung

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 824 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-3162
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00391481

✦ Synopsis

New Results on the Rearing of Carcinus maenas in the Laboratory

The shore crab Carcinus mamas was reared in the laboratory from egg deposition to sexual maturity. Special enclosures were developed for cultivation of the larvae. Food and temperature proved to be the most important exogenous factors for rearing success. Fresh Artemia salina naupliiwere the only food suitable for all larval stages. The following rearing temperatures proved most successful during larval development: (I) embryonic development, IO~

(2) zoea stages, 15~

(3) megalopa stage, 17.5~

The larvae hatch preferably in darkness when reared under short-day conditions.