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Morphology and anatomy of Indian pearl oyster

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Title Morphology and anatomy of Indian pearl oyster
 
Creator Velayudhan, T S
Gandhi, A D
 
Subject Pearl oyster
 
Description In India, great strides had been made in the technology
of culture pearl production from the Indian pearl
oyster Pinctada fucata (Gould). For achieving satisfactory
results in the production of culture pearl, it is
absolutely essential to have a precise knowledge of the
morphology and anatomy of the animal in view of
the fact that the mantle and the gonad play a pivotal
role in the production of good quality pearls, Herdman
(1904) has given an excellent and detailed account of
the anatomy of the Indian pearl oyster, Hynd (1955)
and Kuwatani (1965 a, b) have also contributed to
our imderstanding of the morphology of the pearl
oysters from Australian and Japanese waters, in
addition to throwing light on the functional role of
the digestive and reproductive organs. Based on a
number of dissections made on the oysters of the
Tuticorin region, the present account on the anatomy
of the most important systems of the pearl oyster is
presented in the paper.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2679/1/5.pdf
Velayudhan, T S and Gandhi, A D (1987) Morphology and anatomy of Indian pearl oyster. CMFRI Bulletin - Pearl culture, 39. pp. 4-12.