Effect of Ecdysial Cycle on the Semen and Spermatophore production of the Indian White Prawn (Penaeus indicus H.M. Edwards)
Effect of Ecdysial Cycle on the Semen and Spermatophore production of the Indian White Prawn (Penaeus indicus H.M. Edwards)
Date
1997
Authors
Muthuraman, A.L
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
Adult male Penaeus Indicus have a prolonged premolt phase and short inter
and postmolt phases in its ecdysial cycle. Vas deferens factor and spermatophore
weight of male prawns show a declining tendency from post to premolt phases with
a successive reduction in the biochemical composition of vas deferens and terminal
ampoule. The correlation analysis indicate differential intensity of coefficients
between biochemical and morphometrical relationships of semen and spermatophore
production of P. Indicus.
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Keywords
P. Indicus, Ecdysial cycle. Semen spermatophore, morphometric relations
Citation
Fishery Tech 34(2):11-14