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'''''Metanephrops challengeri''''' (the '''New Zealand lobster''' or '''New Zealand scampi''') is a [[species]] of [[lobster]] that lives around the coasts of [[New Zealand]] at depths of between 250 [[metre|m]] and 1,000 m. It is an important source of [[scampi]], for which it is caught by [[trawling]]. |
'''''Metanephrops challengeri''''' (the '''New Zealand lobster''' or '''New Zealand scampi''') is a [[species]] of [[lobster]] that lives around the coasts of [[New Zealand]] at depths of between 250 [[metre|m]] and 1,000 m. It is an important source of [[scampi]], for which it is caught, since the late 1980s, by [[trawling]]. |
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''Metanephrops challengeri'' builds a burrow in the sediment in which it may spend a high proportion of its time. It is thought that there are daily and seasonal cycles of emergence from burrows onto the sediment. In their early life they moult several times per year, and probably once per year after sexual maturity. They may live for at least 15 years. |
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Larval development is probably very short, possibly only less than three days. |
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* [http://services.fish.govt.nz/indicators/Plenary%202005/SCI_05.pdf NZ Fisheries] |
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[[Category:True lobsters]] |
[[Category:True lobsters]] |
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[[Category:Marine crustaceans of New Zealand]] |
[[Category:Marine crustaceans of New Zealand]] |
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| Metanephrops challengeri Balss, 1914
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Metanephrops challengeri (the New Zealand lobster or New Zealand scampi) is a species of lobster that lives around the coasts of New Zealand at depths of between 250 m and 1,000 m. It is an important source of scampi, for which it is caught, since the late 1980s, by trawling.
Metanephrops challengeri builds a burrow in the sediment in which it may spend a high proportion of its time. It is thought that there are daily and seasonal cycles of emergence from burrows onto the sediment. In their early life they moult several times per year, and probably once per year after sexual maturity. They may live for at least 15 years.
Larval development is probably very short, possibly only less than three days.
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