Caribbean spiny lobsters ( Panulirus argus ) rely on their sense of olfaction for many behaviours. Growth of their olfactory systems, and maintenance of olfactory function, is ensured by structural change that occurs continuously throughout life. In this paper, we review recent studies on postembryonic development in the olfactory system of P . argus and several other decapod species. Major str...

The Earth's magnetic field provides a pervasive source of directional information used by phylogenetically diverse marine animals. Behavioral experiments with sea turtles, spiny lobsters, and sea slugs have revealed that all have a magnetic compass sense, despite vast differences in the environment each inhabits and the spatial scale over which each moves. For two of these animals, the Earth's ...

The 'tree lobsters' are an enigmatic group of robust, ground-dwelling stick insects (order Phasmatodea) from the subfamily Eurycanthinae, distributed in New Guinea, New Caledonia and associated islands. Its most famous member is the Lord Howe Island stick insect Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier), which was believed to have become extinct but was rediscovered in 2001 and is considered to be on...

Around Scotland, coastal stocks of the commercially important Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), particularly those within the Clyde Sea Area (CSA), have for some years been known to be infected by syndiniid dinoflagellate endoparasites of the genus Hematodinium. The prevalences of infected Norway lobsters in trawl samples from the CSA are reported for 1992–1995, together with similar data f...

Spiny lobsters (Panulirus longipes, P. penicillatus and versicolor) are an important resource in Seychelles, where they inhabit coastal carbonate granite reefs that have been impacted by multiple coral bleaching events over the past two decades. Little is known about their biology ecology this region. Interspecific competition for food resources was previously suggested, but no quantitative dat...

Indonesia is one of the countries that has largest marine wealth in world with an area 6.32 million waters accumulated coastline 81,000 km and a very large coral reef as habitats for lobster. Lobsters live at depth 100-200 meters below sea level temperature 20-30°C, distribution lobsters almost all Indonesian waters. One Indonesia’s center lobster cultivation West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The Direc...

Lobster pasir (Panulirus homarus) merupakan salah satu spesies lobster yang memiliki nilai ekonomi tinggi dalam sumber daya perikanan kelautan Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan panjang-berat pasir, dan nisbah kelamin P. homarus dibudidayakan keramba jaring apung. dengan metoda studi korelasional dilakukan di Keramba Jaring Apung PT. Royal Samudera Nusantara, Perairan...