Nisto Stage Larvae of
Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793). This individual was seen at Black Water Dive
® of Kume Is. Location is south coast of Kume Is. It's close to the Kanegusuku port. (16th, Oct 2015)
Vertical length of the about 60mm.
Depth of about 10m.
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Body's semi-transparent, but rather it takes on golden color. |
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The interior of the body has become considerably white. Perhaps, I think it's for molting soon. |
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The presence of six teeth on the lateral margin of second antenna from this photo. Parribacus japnicus Holthuis, 1960 has five teeth on the lateral margin of second antenna. (Yoneyama & Takeda, 1998) |
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triptych composition photos. |
Behavior of Parribacus antarcticus
Generally, forward swimming.
sometime, somersault while doing a back bridge.
It's radius is about 15 cm.
REFERENCES
Yoneyama Sumio & Takeda Masatsune, 1998. Phyllosoma and Nisto Stage Larvae of Slipper Lobster, Parribacus, from the Izu-Kazan Islands, Southern Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series A, Zoology 24(3), 161-175,