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Estimated life span of the Japanese pygmy squid, Idiosepius paradoxus from statolith growth increments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2008

Noriyosi Sato ,
Takashi Kasugai  and
Hiroyuki Munehara
Noriyosi Sato*
Affiliation:
Division of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
Takashi Kasugai
Affiliation:
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, 1-3 Minatomachi, Minato-ku, Nagoya 455-0033, Japan
Hiroyuki Munehara
Affiliation:
Usujiri Fisheries Station, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, 152 Usujiri-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-1613, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Noriyosi Sato Division of Biosphere Science Graduate School of Environmental ScienceHokkaido UniversityKita-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060–0810Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Growth increments in statoliths of Idiosepius paradoxus were observed for aging analysis. The rate of increment formation was examined by staining the statoliths with tetracycline at 5–14 d intervals. In 6 of 16 specimens, increments formed daily, but in the other specimens, increments formed less than one per day. The maximum number of increments observed in males and females were more than 150 and 140, respectively, suggesting a life span of ≥150 and ≥140 d. During the cool season (from November to April), the dorsal mantle length (DML) and the number of increments gradually increased. Specimens collected in June showed bi-modal patterns in DML and the number of increments. Only small specimens were collected from August to October. These results suggest that two generations alternately occurred in the cool season and in the warm season.

Keywords

Idiosepsius paradoxuslife spanstatolithage validation
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 391 - 394
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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