In the present study, females of S. hispidus carried large egg masses
and the number of larvae with positive phototropism was at least 800
per female. De Castro and Jory (1983) reported that females of this same species caught in the wild and maintained in captivity produced
less than 850 larvae each. These authors assumed that larval
production declines dramatically over time under laboratory conditions,
but this was not observed under the conditions of the present
study. When examining the importance of the diet on the reproductive
performance of the ornamental shrimp Stenopus scutellatus, Lin
and Shi (2002), recommended feed the females with a varied diet for
obtaining more and better quality larvae.