Only scanty information has been avilable on the whole larval development of spiny lobsters, presumably because of difficulties which are usually encountered in rearing their larvae in laboratory tanks as well as in obtaining them from the sea materials. As regards the larval development of the Japanese spiny lobster, which is a species of great commercial value found along the central and southern Pacific coast of Japan, there are a few studies dealing with the first stage of phyllosoma (HATTORI, T. and Y. OHISHI (
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Inoue et al. (1963) studied this question.