
%0 Journal Article
%A Dix, TG 
%A Sjardin, MJ 
%T Larvae of the commercial scallop, <I>Pecten meridionalis</I> from Tasmania, Australia
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1975/03/01
%V 26
%N 1
%P 109-112
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9750109
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9750109 
%X After fertilization in the laboratory, eggs (diameter 71 µm) of Pecten meridionalis developed to straight hinge veligers with a smallest shell length of 93 µm after 3 days at 13-15º C. The larval shell developed umbones at about 160 µm, pediveligers occurred at 180 fim and larvae began crawling at metamorphosis when the shell length was 220-240 µm 31 days after fetilization. The larval shells grew almost isometrically, and length (I) and width (w) (in µm) were described closely by the G.M. regression :  w = 0.9901-18.660. 
