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Laboratory rearing and seed production of the mud crab Scylla oceanica (Dana)

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Title Laboratory rearing and seed production of the mud crab Scylla oceanica (Dana)
 
Creator Anil, M K
Suseelan, C
 
Subject Crabs
 
Description The green mud crab Scylla oceanica (Dana) was successfully reared, from egg to crab instar under laboratory conditions. Maximum period of egg incubation was noted to be 13 days. The larvae were reared through five meal and one megalopa stage to crab instar. It took a minimum of 17 days to complete all the meal stages and a minimum of 6 days to moult from megalop to crab stage. Effect of individual food items such as Chlorella salina, Artemia, Brachionus, microencapsulated feed and egg custard as well as their three combinations viz., combination of frozen Artemia nauplii, Brachionus and microencapsulated feed (Treatment A) combination of frozen Artemia nauplii, Brachionus Chlorella (Treatment B) and combination of Artemia nauplii suspension, Brachionus with an antibacterial chemical prefuran (Treatment C) on the development and survival of the larvae was also
studied.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 2000
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1949/1/Anil_38-45.pdf
Anil, M K and Suseelan, C (2000) Laboratory rearing and seed production of the mud crab Scylla oceanica (Dana). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 41 (1 & 2). pp. 38-45.