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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Distribution of late-stage phyllosoma larvae of Panulirus japonicus in the Kuroshio Subgyre

Nariaki Inoue and Hideo Sekiguchi

Marine and Freshwater Research 52(8) 1201 - 1209
Published: 25 January 2002

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in waters south of the Kuroshio Subgyre to examine and/or test Sekiguchi’s (1985, 1997) hypothesis about the larval recruitment processes of Panulirus japonicus by which the benthic populations of the species are maintained in Japanese waters. A total of 61 Panulirus phyllosoma larvae were collected in early summer; 56 belonged to P. japonicus, of which 30 were in the final stage, 24 in the subfinal stage, and 2 were too heavily damaged to permit identification of the stage. Most of the final-stage phyllosoma larvae were found in the northern part of the waters east of the Ryukyu Archipelago, whereas the larvae in the subfinal stage were found in the southern part. The present study supports Sekiguchi’s hypothesis that late-stage P. japonicus phyllosoma larvae are transported by the Kuroshio Countercurrent into waters east of the archipelago and then again enter the Kuroshio Current.

https://doi.org/10.1071/MF01184

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