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.

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