scholarly journals Redescription of Larval Development in Cultured Pearl Oyster Pinctada maxima

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Jeane Siswitasari Mulyana ◽  
Achmad Farajallah ◽  
Yusli Wardiatno
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Stage ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Shell Length ◽  
Shell Height ◽  
Pearl Oyster ◽  
Oyster Culture ◽  
Veliger Larva ◽  
Pinctada Maxima

Larval development plays a major role in efficient pearl culture. The cultured larvae will be later used for recipient and donor oysters in cultured pearl production. Larval developmental stage of silver lip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima has been reported by several studies. Those studies used female and male oyster parents directly taken from natural habitat.This study aimed to redescribe larval development of P. maxima from commercial pearl oyster culture farm in Indonesia. Larval development of this species whose parents are originated from selected groups in the pearl culture farm has not been reported yet, thus it is necessary to be described. This species undergoes specific larval developmental stage. The larvae were observed under microscope, and then the average shell length (SL) and shell height (SH) were measured. D-shaped veliger larva (77.4±0.3 µm SL; 65.4±1.1 µm SH) appeared 20 h after fertilization. Tenday-old larva (156.2±2.8 µm SL; 149.5±5.6 µm SH) had developed umbo region so it was called umbonal larva. Umbonal larva then developed further into plantigrade larva (411.3±9.8 µm SL; 380.5±6.9 µm SH) in 25 days after fertilization. Developmental stage and larval sizein P. maxima is similar with those observed in P. fucata and P. margaritifera. Keywords: growth, larva, plantigrade, shell, umbo, veliger

The missing links: larval and post-larval development of the ascoglossan opisthobranch Elysia viridis

2000 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 1087-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia D. Trowbridge
Keyword(s):  
Larval Development ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Shell Length ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Larval Life ◽  
Codium Fragile ◽  
Planktotrophic Larvae ◽  
Algal Diet ◽  
Better Than

The stenophagous ascoglossan (=sacoglossan) opisthobranch Elysia viridis has long been a model organism for the study of endosymbiosis or kleptoplasty as well as one of the few herbivores to consume the introduced green macroalga Codium fragile on European shores. Larval and post-larval dynamics of the ascoglossan were investigated. Planktotrophic larvae of E. viridis grew at 5–10 μm d−1 (shell length) at 15°C on a unicellular algal diet (the cryptophyte Rhodomonas baltica); larvae became competent one month post-hatching. Effective feeding and chloroplast acquisition typically started within 2–3 d of metamorphosis. Slugs grew about 8 mm in the first month of post-larval life. During this period, juveniles held in the light did not grow faster or survive better than conspecifics held in the dark; thus, functional kleptoplasty did not occur during first three weeks of benthic life. While larval growth rates and the nature of metamorphic cues are consistent with those of many other opisthobranch species with planktotrophic larvae, measures of post-larval growth—particularly as it pertains to kleptoplasty—is a new contribution to opisthobranch biology.

Perkinsus-like Infection in Farmed Golden-Lipped Pearl Oyster Pinctada maxima from the Torres Strait, Australia

1993 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Norton ◽  
M.A. Shepherd ◽  
F.P. Perkins ◽  
H.C. Prior
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Oyster ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Pinctada Maxima

scholarly journals Marinomonas ostreistagni sp. nov., isolated from a pearl-oyster culture pond in Sanya, Hainan Province, China

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2271-2275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken W. K. Lau ◽  
Jianping Ren ◽  
Natalie L. M. Wai ◽  
Simon C. L. Lau ◽  
Pei-Yuan Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Bacterium ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Pearl Oyster ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Hainan Province ◽  
Oyster Culture ◽  
Gene Sequence Analysis ◽  
Type Strains

A Gram-negative, aerobic, halophilic, neutrophilic, rod-shaped, non-pigmented, polar-flagellated bacterium, UST010306-043T, was isolated from a pearl-oyster culture pond in Sanya, Hainan Province, China in January 2001. This marine bacterium had an optimum temperature for growth of between 33 and 37 °C. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the strain was closely related to Marinomonas aquimarina and Marinomonas communis, with 97.5–97.7 and 97.1 % sequence similarity, respectively. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness to the type strains of these species were well below 70 %. Analyses of phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxomonic characteristics showed that strain UST010306-043T was distinct from currently established Marinomonas species. A novel species with the name Marinomonas ostreistagni sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate this bacterium, with strain UST010306-043T (=JCM 13672T=NRRL B-41433T) as the type strain.

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