Larval development — Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards

The larvae of Pe/)set/s/V)Q'/C6/S reared from eggs spawned in the laboratory are discribed and illustrated and compared with earlier descriptions of the species. At the rearing temperature of 24.4°C to 26.8°C the nauplii hatched out of the eggs 16-17 hours after spawing; the nauplius stage lasted 40-50 hours and the proto- zoea and mysis stages 4-6i and 4-7 days respectivley. The larvae passed through 6 nauplius substages, 3 protozoea substages and 3 mysis substages before reaching postlarva I stage