Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Growth and reproduction of the Japanese mantis shrimp, Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan 1844) in the coastal area of Tongyeong, Korea

  • Article
  • Published:
Ocean Science Journal Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Growth and reproduction of the Japanese mantis shrimp, Oratosquilla oratoria, were investigated in the Tongyeong, Korea from July 2014 to August 2015. A total of 2,621 samples (1,380 females and 1,241 males) were collected during the study period. Females were observed more frequently than males. The mean body length (BL) was 128.5 ± 0.38 mm in females and 126.9 ± 0.42 mm in males. The mean body weight (BW) was 31.2 ± 0.28 g in females and 31.1 ± 0.32 g in males. There was a significant difference in the length-frequency distribution between females and males. The relationship between BL and BW was lnBW = 2.85 × lnBL - 10.43 for females and lnBW = 2.87 × lnBL -10.52 for males. The gonadosomatic index (GSI) varied on a monthly basis. The GSI reached a maximum in May and a minimum in November. The highest values of the GSI coincided with the spawning period of O. oratoria. Larger individuals of O. oratoria have their spawning season earlier than smaller ones. The size at sexual maturity of females was estimated as 96.5 mm. The Von Bertalanffy growth function parameters were BL∞ = 184.5 mm, K = 0.72 year−1, C = 0.36 and WP = 0.45 for females and BL∞ = 183.75 mm, K = 0.82 year−1, C = 0.38 and WP = 0.22 for males. The growth of males was slightly faster than females. The present study will help with the fisheries management of O. oratoria based on ecological parameters.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Ahyong ST (2012) The marine fauna of New Zealand: mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). Graphic Press & Packaging Ltd, Wellington, 112 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Alcorlo P, Geiger W, Otero M (2008) Reproductive biology and life cycle of the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea: Decapoda) in diverse aquatic habitats of South-Western Spain: implications for population control. Fund Appl Limnol 173(3): 197–212

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Caldwell RL (1991) Variation in reproductive behavior in stomatopod, Crustacean. In: Bauer RT, Martin JW (eds) Crustacean sexual biology. Columbia University Press, New York, pp 67–90

    Google Scholar 

  • Chang YJ, Sun CL, Chen Y, Yeh SZ (2012) Modelling the growth of crustacean species. Rev Fish Biol Fisher 22(1): 157–187

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Courtney AJ, Haddy JA, Campbell MJ, Roy DP, Tonks ML, Gaddes SW, Chilcott KE, O’Neill MF, Brown IW, McLennan M, Jebreen JE, van der Geest C, Rose C, Kistle S, Turnbull CT, Kyne PM, Bennett MB, Taylor J (2007) Bycatch weight, composition and preliminary estimates of the impact of bycatch reduction devices in Queensland’s trawl fishery. Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), Brisbane, FRDC 2000/170 Final Report, 307 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Deecaraman M, Subramoniam T (1983a) Mating and its effect on female reproductive physiology with special reference to the fate of male accessory sex gland secretion in the stomatopod squilla holoschista. Mar Biol 77(2): 161–170

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Deecaraman M, Subramoniam T (1983b) Synchronous development of the ovary and the female accessory sex glands of a crustacean, Squilla holoschista. P Indian AS-Anim Sci 92(2): 179–184

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dittel AI (1991) Distribution, abundance, and sexual composition of stomatopods in the gulf of Nicoya, Costa rica. J Crustacean Biol 11(2): 269–276

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • El-Sherif SS, El-Khodary GM, Ghonim AZ (2012) Ovarian cycle and scanning electron micrographs of the spawned egg of female mantis shrimp Oratosquilla massavensis (Alexandria, Egypt). J Basic Appl Zool 65(2): 116–124

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gayanilo FC, Sparre P, Pauly D (2005) FAO-ICLARM stock assessment tools II: user’s guide. FAO, Rome, 168 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Griffiths CL, Blaine MJ (1988) Distribution, population structure and biology of stomatopod Crustacea off the west coast of South Africa. S Afr J Marine Sci 7(1): 45–50

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hamano T, Matsuura S (1984) Egg laying and egg mass nursing behaviour in the Japanese mantis shrimp. Nippon Suisan Gakk 50:1969–1973

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hamano T, Matsuura S (1987) Egg size, duration of incubation, and larval development of the Japanese mantis shrimp in the laboratory. Nippon Suisan Gakk 53(1): 23–39

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hamano T, Morrissy NM, Matuura S (1987) Ecological information on Oratosquilla oratoria (Stomatopoda, Crustacea) with an attempt to estimate the annual settlement date from growth parameters. J Shimonoseki Univ Fish 36(9): 9–27

    Google Scholar 

  • Hamano T, Morrissy NM (1992) Growth of Oratosquilla oratoria (de Haan, 1844) (Stomatopoda) in the sea of Suo-Nada, Japan. Crustaceana 63(3): 263–276

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hartnoll RG (1985) Growth, sexual maturity and reproductive output. In: Wenner AM (ed) Factors in adult growth. AA Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 101–128

    Google Scholar 

  • Hartnoll RG (2001) Growth in crustacea - twenty years on. Hydrobiologia 449:111–122

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • James DB, Thirumilu P (1993) Population dynamics of Oratosquilla nepa in the trawling grounds off Madras. J Mar Biol Assoc India 35(1&2):135–140

    Google Scholar 

  • Kim S, Hong S (2004) Reproductive biology of Palaemon gravieri (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae). J Crustacean Biol 24(1): 121–130

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kodama K, Oyama M, Lee JH, Akaba Y, Tajima Y, Shimizu T, Shiraishi H, Horiguchi T (2009a) Interannual variation in quantitative relationships among egg production and densities of larvae and juveniles of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Fisheries Sci 75(4): 875–886

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kodama K, Shimizu T, Yamakawa T, Aoki I (2004) Reproductive biology of the female Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria (Stomatopoda) in relation to changes in the seasonal pattern of larval occurrence in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Fisheries Sci 70(5): 734–745

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kodama K, Shimizu T, Yamakawa T, Aoki I (2006) Changes in reproductive patterns in relation to decline in stock abundance of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo Bay. Fisheries Sci 72(3): 568–577

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kodama K, Shiraishi H, Morita M, Horiquchi T (2009b) Reproductive biology of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria (Crustacea Stomatopoda): annual cycle of gonadal development and copulation. Mar Biol Res 5(5): 415–426

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kodama K, Yamakawa T, Aoki I, Fukuda M, Shimizu T (2003) Multi-spawning under rearing condition, and reduction in size at maturity of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo Bay. Bull Kanagawa Pref Fish Res Inst 8:77–79

    Google Scholar 

  • Kubo I, Hori S, Kumemura M, Naganawa M, Soedjono J (1959) A biological study on a Japanese edible mantis-shrimp, Squilla oratoria (De Haan). J Tokyo Univ Fish 45(1): 1–25

    Google Scholar 

  • Magalhães L, Felício M, Gaspar MB, Quintino V, Rodrigues AM (2014) Reproductive biology of Polybius henslowii Leach, 1820 (Decapoda, Polybiidae): a discard species from the northwestern Portuguese beam trawl fishery. Crustaceana 87(7): 784–800

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Maynou F, Abell P, Sartor P (2004) A review of the fisheries biology of the mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (L., 1758) (Stomatopoda, Squillidae) in the Mediterranean. Crustaceana 77(9): 1081–1099

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mili S, Bouriga N, Missaoui H, Jarboui O (2011) Morphometric, reproductive parameters and seasonal variations in fatty acid composition of the mantis shrimp Squilla mantis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia). J Life Sci 5(12): 1058–1071

    Google Scholar 

  • Nakajima M, Kodama K, Horiguchi T, Tanaka Y, Shiraishi H (2010) Impacts of shifts in spawning seasonality and size at maturation on the population growth of mantis shrimp in Tokyo Bay. Mar Ecol-Prog Ser 418:179–188

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nakata N (1987) Growth of juveniles and adults of the Japanese mantis shrimp in Tokyo bay. B Jpn Soc Sci Fish 51:307–312

    Google Scholar 

  • Lopes Veiga EC (1979) Fitting Von Bertalanffy growth curves in short-lived fish species. A new approach. Invest Pesq 43:179–181

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohtomi J, Shimizu M (1988) Growth after recruitment completion and life-span of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo Bay. Nippon Suisan Gakk 54(11): 1935–1940

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ohtomi J, Shimizu M (1989) Seasonal changes in sex ratio and condition factor of the Japanese mantis shrimp in Tokyo Bay. Suisanzoshoku 37(2): 143–146

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohtomi J, Shimizu M (1994) Theoretical growth during the recruitment period and estimation of growth parameters of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo bay. B Jpn Soc Sci Fish 58(1): 21–27

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohtomi J, Shimizu M (1996) Market size category composition and stock assessment of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo bay. B Jpn Soc Sci Fish 62(1): 32–39

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pauly D (1987) A review of the ELEFAN system for analysis of length-frequency data in fish and aquatic invertebrates. ICLARM Conf 13:7–34

    Google Scholar 

  • Pauly D, Gaschüz G (1979) A simple method for fitting oscillating length growth data, with a program for pocket calculators. ICES CM 1979/6:24, 26 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Pauly D, Ingles DJ, Neal R (1984) Application to shrimp stocks of objective methods for the estimation of growth, mortality and recruitment-related parameters from length-frequency data (ELEFAN I and ELEFAN II). In: Gulland JA, Rothschild BJ (eds) Penaeid shrimps-their biology and management. Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd, Oxford, pp 220–234

    Google Scholar 

  • Pauly D, Munro JL (1984) Once more on the comparison of growth in fish and invertebrates. Fishbyte 2:21

    Google Scholar 

  • Ragonese S, Morara U, Canali E, Pagliarino E Bianchini ML (2012) Abundance and biological traits of the spottail mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (L., 1758) (Crustacea: Stomatopoda), off the southern coast of Sicily. Cah Biol Mar 53:485–493

    Google Scholar 

  • Rockett MD, Standard GW, Chittenden ME (1984) Bathymetric distribution, spawning periodicity, sex ratios, and size compositions of the mantis shrimp, Squilla empusa, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Fish B-NOAA 82:418–426

    Google Scholar 

  • Schram FR, Ahyoung ST, Patek SN, Green PA, Rosario MV, Bok MJ, Cronin TW, Mead Vetter KS, Caldwell RL, Scholtz G, Peller KD, Abell P (2013) Subclass hoplocarida calman 1904, order Stomatopoda Latreille, 1817. In: von Vaupel Klein JC, Charmantier-Daures M, Schram FR (eds) Treatise on zoologyanatomy, taxonomy, biology. Brill, Boston, pp 179–356

    Google Scholar 

  • Torisawa M, Mitsuhashi M, Nagai Y (1998) Spawning season of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria (de Haan) in Ishikari Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Nippon Suisan Gakk 64(3): 453–461

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vila Y, Sobrino I, Paz Jiménez M (2013) Fishery and life history of spot-tail mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda), in the Gulf of Cadiz (eastern central Atlantic). Sci Mar 77(1): 137–148

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wardiatno Y, Mashar A (2010) Biological information on the mantis shrimp, Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius 1798) (Stomatopoda, Crustacea) in Indonesia with a highlight of its reproductive aspects. J Trop Biol Conserv 7:63–73

    Google Scholar 

  • Wortham-Neal JL (2002) Reproductive morphology and biology of male and female mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda: Squillidae). J Crustacean Biol 22(4): 728–741

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yamazaki M, Fuji A (1980) Reproductive cycle of the mantis shrimp, Squilla oratoria de Haan, in Matsu Bay. Hokkaido Daigaku Suisangaku-bu kenkyu iho. Bull Fac Fish Hokkaido Univ 31(2): 161–168

    Google Scholar 

  • Yeon IJ, Park WG (2011) Development and distribution of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria larvae in the northwestern water off Incheon. J Fish Mar Sci Educ 23(4): 763–771

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Marine Biology, College of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Korea

    SeongEun Kim & Chul-Woong Oh

  2. Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Korea

    HanJu Kim, HoJin Bae & Chul-Woong Oh

  3. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK

    Hyeong-Gi Kim

Authors
  1. SeongEun Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. HanJu Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. HoJin Bae
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Hyeong-Gi Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Chul-Woong Oh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Chul-Woong Oh.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kim, S., Kim, H., Bae, H. et al. Growth and reproduction of the Japanese mantis shrimp, Oratosquilla oratoria (De Haan 1844) in the coastal area of Tongyeong, Korea. Ocean Sci. J. 52, 257–265 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-017-0027-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-017-0027-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation