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Laboratory rearing of Sepiolinae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

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Five species of Sepiola and Sepictta were reared in the laboratory from egg to adult size. Spawning was achieved in 3 species of Sepiola after 5 to 7 months. The growth rate of the species reared did not depend upon temperature, which ranged from 12.5° to 20°C. A fairly constant size increase (2.5 mm mantle length/month) was observed in Sepiola during the 5 months after hatching. In Sepietta, the same growth rate was observed until the fourth month after hatching, when it increased to the rate of 5 mm mantle length/month.

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  1. Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

    S. von Boletzky, M. V. von Boletzky, D. Frösch & V. Gätzi

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Communicated by J. M. Peres, Marseille

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von Boletzky, S., von Boletzky, M.V., Frösch, D. et al. Laboratory rearing of Sepiolinae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Marine Biology 8, 82–87 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349349

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