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Shell boring polychaete (Polydora sp.) infestation in black lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera

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Title Shell boring polychaete (Polydora sp.) infestation in black lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera
 
Creator Laxmilatha, P
Pattnaik, Phalguni
Rao, M Prasada
Rao, T Nageswara
Padmajarani, S
 
Subject Polycheate
Pearl oyster
 
Description Black lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera
of size ranging from 3 to 40 mm were collected from
the rocky beach of Lawson’s Bay along
Visakhapatnam coast and were reared in the marine
hatchery of the Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of
CMFRI. The oysters were reared in 1 t capacity fibre
glass tanks in 32‰ filtered seawater, provided with
continuous aeration and mixed microalgal diet
comprising Isochrysis galbana and Cheatoceros
calcitrans. During the course of domestication for a
period of nearly 22 months, the oysters were regularly
cleaned of fouling and boring organisms at monthly
intervals. The growth was also recorded periodically.
During this period,
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9434/1/15.pdf
Laxmilatha, P and Pattnaik, Phalguni and Rao, M Prasada and Rao, T Nageswara and Padmajarani, S (2013) Shell boring polychaete (Polydora sp.) infestation in black lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (215). pp. 25-26.