Notes on the induced spawning and larval rearing of the Asian moon scallop, <i>Amusium pleuronectes</i> (Linné), in the laboratory

Abstract

Sexual and chemical stimulations were effective in inducing the scallop, <i>Amusium pleuronectes</i> (Linné), to spawn sperm only, whereas thermal stimulation was not at all successful. Chemical stimulation consisted of serotonin injections into the ripe gonads. Fertilizable eggs were obtained by stripping gametes from the ovaries. Cleavage of zygotes (72.4 μm mean diameter) occured 1 h after fertilization. Trochophores (58.9–111.2 μm in length) and straight-hinge veligers or D-veligers (80.0–130.2 μm) were observed in less than 24 h. Five days after fertilization, the umbone stage (101.6–169.1 μm) was reached. Crawling pediveligers (174.0–250.0 μm) appeared after 9 days. Seawater in the culture vessels was changed 24 h after fertilization and every other day thereafter. The larvae were fed on <i>Isochrysis galbana</i> (Tahitian strain) at an initial concentration of 30 cells/gml.