INCIDENCE OF PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM IN THE SPINY LOBSTER PANULIRUS HOMARUS (LINNAEUS)


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Authors

  • M V Radhakrishnan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • M Vijayakumaran Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • K Shahul Hameed Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India

Abstract

Specimens of the spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus ranging in size from 22.3 - 97.5 mm carapace length
(67 - 245 mm total length) with well developed male genital system, but with biramous pleojxxls (as in
females) were recorded in 1987,1988 and 1989 from trammel net catches off Kovalam, near Madras. The
probable factors responsible for this sexual abnormality have been discussed.

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Author Biographies

  • M V Radhakrishnan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • M Vijayakumaran, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 031, India
  • K Shahul Hameed, 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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Radhakrishnan, M. V., Vijayakumaran, M., & Hameed, K. S. (2011). INCIDENCE OF PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM IN THE SPINY LOBSTER PANULIRUS HOMARUS (LINNAEUS). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 37(2), 169-170. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10466