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Life history tactics of southern velvet shrimp Metapenaeopsis palmensis (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the waters off southwestern Taiwan

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The southern velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis palmensis, a small, tropical r-strategist shrimp, was investigated to test whether its life history tactics are similar to those of penaeid shrimps. In total, 7,832 shrimps were collected in southwestern Taiwan from April 2002 to August 2011. For the first time, we have identified the shrimp as a multiple spawner. This species has a size-segregated distribution, with the newly recruited early juveniles [<6.00 mm carapace length (CL)] living offshore (water depth = 30 m) and the subadults and mature spawning adults (CL ≥9.39 mm) living inshore (water depth = 15–20 m). They spawn from February to June before the rainy season when the water temperature exceeds 25°C. Only the larvae hatched in the late spawning season will successfully recruit in the dry season in September–November when the bottom water salinity is higher than 33.5 psu. The life history tactics of this species are different from those found by various previous studies on penaeid shrimps.

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Acknowledgments

It were the many helping hands of the research assistants and graduate students on the cruises and in the laboratory that has made our research possible. Sincere thanks also to the crew members of the OR3 research vessel who made our research work safe throughout the time of the study. We also very much appreciate the funding of the National Science Council, Taiwan (Grants Nos. NSC94-2611-M–022-001, NSC95-2611-M–022-001, NSC96-2611-M–022-001, NSC97-2611-M–022-002, NSC98-2611-M-022-001, NSC99-2611-M-022-001) for many years.

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  3. Department of Oceanography, and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan

    Meng-Hsien Chen

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Chen, HS., Chen, CY. & Chen, MH. Life history tactics of southern velvet shrimp Metapenaeopsis palmensis (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the waters off southwestern Taiwan. Hydrobiologia 741, 177–191 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-1830-8

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