Mating behaviour and egg laying in captive rock lobster,Jasus edwardsii(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinuridae)
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 13 (3) , 407-413
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1979.9515817
Abstract
Mating and egg laying behaviour of specimens of rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii (Hutton), were observed in aquaria. Mating occurred within 6 weeks of a female moult and egg laying took place within a few hours of mating. The pattern of precopulatory behaviour, mating, and egg laying has many similar features to that reported for Panulirus homarus. Accounts of mating and egg laying in J. lalandii are conflicting, some showing similarities with J. edwardsii and others, major differences.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Chemical Communication among Lobsters (Homarus americanus)Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1973
- Recognition of marine spiny lobsters of theJasus lalandiigroup (Crustacea : Decapoda: Palinuridae)New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1970
- The Evolution of Spiny Lobsters (Palinuridae): A Study of Evolution in the Marine EnvironmentEvolution, 1967