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The shore crab Carcinus maenas was reared in the laboratory from egg deposition to sexual maturity. Special enclosures were developed for cultivation of the larvae. Food and temperature proved to be the most important exogenous factors for rearing success. Fresh Artemia salina nauplii were the only food suitable for all larval stages. The following rearing temperatures proved most successful during larval development: (1) embryonic development, 10°C; (2) zoea stages, 15°C; (3) megalopa stage, 17.5°C. The larvae hatch preferably in darkness when reared under short-day conditions.
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Dries, M., Adelung, D. Neue ergebnisse über die aufzucht von Carcinus maenas im laboratorium. Marine Biology 38, 17–24 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391481
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