The Early Stages of Nephrops norvegicus, from the Northumberland Plankton, together with a note on the post-larval development of Homarus vulgaris
- 1 December 1923
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 13 (4) , 870-879
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400009309
Abstract
Although adult Norway lobsters are extremely common on the southern part of the Northumberland coast, there were no records of the taking of larvæ of the species in this part of the North Sea until the Plankton Investigation now being carried out at Cullercoats (1) was commenced.During the period 1921–23 a few specimens were taken from time to time in the ordinary plankton hauls, but the best catches of Nephrops larvæ were obtained from the young fish trawl used at a number of stations in 1922 arid 1923. It is, therefore, chiefly on the material from the last two years' samples that the following observations are based.All three of the larval stages have been obtained, together with a single post-larva, but the majority of our specimens are second and third stage larvæ.Keywords
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