OBSERVATIONS ON THE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF HIPPOLYSMATA ENSIROSTRIS KEMP


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  • K K Sukumaran Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Sub-station, Bombay

Abstract

Hermaphrodites are seldom found among prawns. In Hippotysmata ensirostris
Kemp, a commercially important shrimp of Maharashtra belonging to the family
Hippolytidae hermaphroditism has been observed as a regular feature and this is the
first record of its kind in this species. The prawn matures as male in the early part
of it; life and later, changes its sex completely and functions as female during the remaining
period. Subsequent changes in the secondary sex characters have been noticed
in the sex change

Author Biography

  • K K Sukumaran, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Sub-station, Bombay
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Sub-station, Bombay

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (1973)

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Sukumaran, K. K. (2011). OBSERVATIONS ON THE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF HIPPOLYSMATA ENSIROSTRIS KEMP. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 20(2), 626-628. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/12428