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Statolith implantation in the banana prawn Penaeus merguiensis

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Specimens of Penaeus merguiensis de Man were captured between February and May 1981 from intertidal creeks and beaches of Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Australia, using a 15 m seine net. The statocyst of P. merguiensis resembles that of other macrurans in that it is a dorsal invagination of the basal antennular segment lined with groups of sensory hairs. The statolith is composed of sand grains implanted by the prawn from the substratum which must be done after every moult. Implantation begins within 90 min of ecdysis and has 3 phases: sifting; digging and finally eye withdrawal which pushes the sand grains into the statocyst chamber.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

    M. Haywood & C. G. Alexander

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Communicated by G. F. Humphrey, Sydney

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Haywood, M., Alexander, C.G. Statolith implantation in the banana prawn Penaeus merguiensis . Marine Biology 72, 113–118 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396911

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