The results of the present study clearly demonstrate that not only
the intraspecific scaling of routine oxygen consumption during ontogeny, but also standard and active oxygen consumption of juvenile
S. verreauxidiffer considerably from the 0.67 (1/3) and 0.75 (3/4)
mass scaling exponents that are commonly referred to in endotherms.
This indicates that oxygen consumption is more dependent on body
mass in lobsters and species-specific differences may be one of the largest factors affecting the allometric relationship of animals. Elevated
mass scaling exponents were observed for larval development, which
may be attributed to increased growth rates of phyllosoma compared
to juveniles, which increase metabolic rates due to the higher energy