
%0 Journal Article
%A Berrill, M 
%T Aggressive behaviour of post-puerulus larvae of the western rock lobster <I>Panulirus longipes</I> (Milne-Edwards)
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1976/03/01
%V 27
%N 1
%P 83-88
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9760083
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9760083 
%X Laboratory observations indicate that post-puerulus larvae of P. longipes are gregarious in sharing a variety of sources of protective cover. However, they are also aggressive in their contacts with each other other, especially when competing for limited space or food, and older post-puerulus stages, with longer antennae, dominate younger stages with shorter antennae. The post-puerulus larvae are also capable of sound production, and emit rasp-like sounds during aggressive encounters. Such rasps appear to characterize intraspecific threat rather than antipredatory displays. 
