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Beche-de-mer resources of Lakshadweep

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Title Beche-de-mer resources of Lakshadweep
 
Creator James, D B
 
Subject Seacucumber
Echinoderms
 
Description Information on the beche-de-mer resources
of Lakshadweep is limited. Earlier no suveys
were conducted to estimate the resources of
holothurians used in the preparation of bechede-
mer. In fact very little information is available
even on the holothurians of the Lakshadweep
Koehler and Vaney (19^5, 19C8, 1910)
reported 18 species from deep sea, eight species
from shallow-water and one species from deep
sea around the Lakshadweep. Of the eight
shallow-water species reported only Actinopyga
mauritiana is of commercial importance. James
(1969) catalogued 15 species of holothurians
from the Lakshadweep of which only four species
viz., Thelenota ananas. Holothuria {Microthele)
nobilis, Actinopyga miliaris and A. mauritiana
are used for beche-de-mer preparation.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1989
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2645/1/Article_15.pdf
James, D B (1989) Beche-de-mer resources of Lakshadweep. CMFRI Bulletin Marine living resources of the union territory of Lakshadweep An Indicative Survey With Suggestions For Development, 43. pp. 144-149.