OBSERVATIONS ON THE BREEDING, LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND TAXONOMIC STATUS OF MACROBRACHIUM EQUIDENS (DANA, 1852)


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  • N N Pillai Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India

Abstract

Macrobrachium equidens collected from Cochin Backwaters (Kerala) is represented by two forms, stripicd
and non-strijjed. Separate studies canied out on the breeding and larval development of these two forms
indicated that no intcr-brecding between them take place. Further the distinct colour pattern characteristic
of these forms became discernible as the post-larvae grew to a size of 20-25 mm. The observations
lend support for the consideration of these two forms as distinct spcdcs

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Author Biography

  • N N Pillai, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India

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Vol. 37 No. 2 (1990)

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Pillai, N. N. (2011). OBSERVATIONS ON THE BREEDING, LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND TAXONOMIC STATUS OF MACROBRACHIUM EQUIDENS (DANA, 1852). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 37(2), 151-153. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10458