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Morphological Characters for Inshore Penaeid prawns from Indian Waters

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Title Morphological Characters for Inshore Penaeid prawns from Indian Waters
 
Creator Pillai, S Lakshmi
 
Subject Crustacean Fisheries
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description Penaeid prawns are distributed all along the Indian coast and inhabit inshore or offshore waters.
They have a general life span of 2 to 2.5 years, maturing mostly between 6 – 8 months. They
spawn in oceanic waters but the large number of eggs released by them develop through
different stages and drift to estuaries. Here they develop into juvenile prawns. From the
estuaries, they move to the sea to mature and spawn, and complete their life cycle. Most of the
penaeid prawns spawn throughout their life. They are bisexual and mature females are larger
than males. Petasma is the copulatory organ in males formed between the first pair of pleopods
or swimming appendage and in females the genitalia termed thelycum consisting of the
modifications of the posterior two or sometime three thoracic sternites, for the transfer or
storage of sperms.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15736/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Lakshmi%20Pillai.pdf
Pillai, S Lakshmi (2022) Morphological Characters for Inshore Penaeid prawns from Indian Waters. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 410-420.