Taxonomy and Biology of commercially important Species of Shrimps, Crabs and Lobsters
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Taxonomy and Biology of commercially important Species of Shrimps, Crabs and Lobsters
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Rajkumar, M
Remya, L Vinothkumar, R Thirumalaiselvan, S |
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Crustacean Fisheries
Crabs Lobsters Prawn and Prawn fisheries |
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The crustacean fisheries of India have considerable importance in the economy of the country, earning very valuable foreign exchange. Edible marine crustaceans consisting of prawns, lobsters and crabs form the most important constituents of the commercial fish landings of India. Shrimps and prawns constitute a large group of crustaceans varying in size and are widely distributed in marine, brackish, and freshwater regions from the equator to the Polar Regions. Although the majority of the commercial marine species occupy shallow or moderately deep water areas along the continental shelves at depths of less than 100 m, some are found at depths of nearly 5700 m. Many prawns are pelagic but the majority by far is benthic, living on a large variety of bottoms such as rock, mud, peat, and sand, fragments of shells or mixtures of these materials.
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ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2020
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text
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15055/1/Shrimps_Course%20Manual_CAU_Tripura_2020-8.pdf
Rajkumar, M and Remya, L and Vinothkumar, R and Thirumalaiselvan, S (2020) Taxonomy and Biology of commercially important Species of Shrimps, Crabs and Lobsters. In: Course Manual on Marine Fisheries & Mariculture Prepared for the Training programme for B.F.Sc students of Central Agricultural University (CAU), Tripura. CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 24/2020 (24). ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam, pp. 124-128. |
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