Rare planktonic phyllosoma larvae of the family Scyllaridae (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the Eastern Mediterranean

Tahir ÖZCAN, Sadullah MARUN, Gülnaz ÖZCAN

Abstract

The family Scyllaridae is the high-value fishery of commercially exploited species. The larva of spiny and slipper lobsters (Palinuridae and Scyllaridae respectively) can disperse during several months before metamorphosing into a benthic form. The rare planktonic phyllosoma larvae was collected by commercial fisheries trawling in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Trawl surveys carried out in the 13 May 2024, Samandağ coast (between Syria, Cyprus and Türkiye), eastern Mediterranean Sea, at different depths between 570 and 650 m. This result reports the availability of larvae of lobsters of high economic importance in this region.

Keywords

Slipper lobsters, Scyllaridae, phyllosoma larvae, Eastern Mediterranean

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