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Table 17.1  Comparison on culture conditions and production of Sepioteuthis lessoniana from various studies
Aspect
Ohsima and Choe
(1961); Choe and
Ohshima (1961,
1963); Choe
(1966a, b)
SEAFDEC
(1975)
Nabhitabhata
(1978, 1996)
Tsuchiya (1982) Segawa (1987)
Sivalingam
et al. (1993)
Lee et al.
(1994)
Tank system
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Closed
Egg-capsule incubation (days) 25–28
14–21
20.3 (17–23)
23.2 (21–25)
24–27, 19–23
–
–
Temperature (°C)
23.5–24
28
24
25, 30
Hatching period (days)
–
–
–
6–10
–
–
–
Hatchling size (mm, g)
5.6, 0.04
6.5, 0.03
5.4, 0.04
5.8, 0.04
5.0, 0.06
5.2, 0.014
5.3, 0.08
Initial density
m
2
500 m
3
Age at maturity (first mating:
days)
90
–
60
–
–
–
130–160
First spawn size at maturity
(mm, g)
–
113
112 (90–166)
136
113
–
148–230
Daily growth (%: ML, W)
4.6, 9.6 (45)
2.8, 8.12
2.8, 6.4
3.6, 2.6
2.3, 4.4
4.4, 10.5 (57) –, 3.9–5.3
Mean final size (mm, g)
–
143, 158
213, 497
–
–
–
214–260,
682–1,073
Max size (mm, g)
–
368, –
252, 605
260, 810
–
–
350, 2,210
Mean span (days)
–
–
137
136
–
–
–
Max span (days)
–
115
176
306
179
–
333
ML mantle length, W weight
J. Nabhitabhata and Y. Ikeda