Spiny lobster development: the mechanism inducing metamorphosis to the puerulus stage: a review.

This review outlines current knowledge of mechanisms effecting metamorphosis in decapod crustaceans and insects. The comparative approach demonstrates some of the complexities that need resolving to find an answer to the question raised frequently by ecologists: "What triggers metamorphosis in...

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Main Authors: McWilliam, P., Phillips, Bruce
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31740