Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Volume 1 Issue 1
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- Pages.72-78
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- 1998
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- 2234-1757(eISSN)
Larval Development of a Sessile Barnacle Balanus improrisus Darwin (Cirripedia: Thoracica)
- Lee Chu (East Sea Regional Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Shim Jeong Min (East Sea Regional Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Jee Young-Ju (East Sea Regional Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Ryu Ho Young (East Sea Regional Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Kim Bong-Seok (East Sea Regional Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Kim Chang Hyun (Department of Biolgy, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University)
- Published : 1998.06.01
Abstract
The larvae of Balanus improvisus were reared in the laboratory from hatching to cyprid. Larval development consists of six nauplius stages and a cyprid. Morphological features of all the nauplius stages are illustrated and described.