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The Occurrence of a Heteromorph Antennule in a Cultured Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Rosenbergii (De Man) (Decapoda, Caridea)

The Occurrence of a Heteromorph Antennule in a Cultured Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium... NOTES AND NEWS THE OCCURRENCE OF A HETEROMORPH ANTENNULE IN A CULTURED FRESHWATER PRAWN, MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII (DE MAN) (DECAPODA, CARIDEA) BY PATRICIA A. NEVIN 2205 Manoa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. and SPENCER R. MALECHA Hawaii Aquaculture Co. Inc., 1103, 9th Ave., Suite 206, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96816, U.S.A. Heteromorphosis is the regeneration of an appendage in a foreign location generally as a response to natural injury or artificial ablation. The heteromor- phic development of an antennule growing in place of one or both compound eyes in decapod crustaceans has been known since 1864 (A. Milne Edwards, 1864). Previous reports focus on the occurrence, structure and physiology of heteromorphic antennules artificially induced by ablation or on those occurr- ing in nature: heteromorphic antennules were observed in the crayfish Astacus le?todactylus Eschscholtz, 1823 (see Lissman & Wolsky, 1933, as Potamobius I.), the spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (see Maynard, 1965), the crayfish Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 (see Sandeman, 1974) and the freshwater shrimp Caridina weberi sumatrensis De Man, 1892 (see Ravindranath, 1978). There are no reports of heteromorphic antennules in cultured decapods. In this paper we report the occurrence of a heteromorphic antennule in a cultured freshwater female prawn, Macrobrachium http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

The Occurrence of a Heteromorph Antennule in a Cultured Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Rosenbergii (De Man) (Decapoda, Caridea)

Nevin, Patricia A.; Malecha, Spencer R.
Crustaceana , Volume 60 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 1991
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NOTES AND NEWS THE OCCURRENCE OF A HETEROMORPH ANTENNULE IN A CULTURED FRESHWATER PRAWN, MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII (DE MAN) (DECAPODA, CARIDEA) BY PATRICIA A. NEVIN 2205 Manoa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. and SPENCER R. MALECHA Hawaii Aquaculture Co. Inc., 1103, 9th Ave., Suite 206, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96816, U.S.A. Heteromorphosis is the regeneration of an appendage in a foreign location generally as a response to natural injury or artificial ablation. The heteromor- phic development of an antennule growing in place of one or both compound eyes in decapod crustaceans has been known since 1864 (A. Milne Edwards, 1864). Previous reports focus on the occurrence, structure and physiology of heteromorphic antennules artificially induced by ablation or on those occurr- ing in nature: heteromorphic antennules were observed in the crayfish Astacus le?todactylus Eschscholtz, 1823 (see Lissman & Wolsky, 1933, as Potamobius I.), the spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (see Maynard, 1965), the crayfish Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 (see Sandeman, 1974) and the freshwater shrimp Caridina weberi sumatrensis De Man, 1892 (see Ravindranath, 1978). There are no reports of heteromorphic antennules in cultured decapods. In this paper we report the occurrence of a heteromorphic antennule in a cultured freshwater female prawn, Macrobrachium

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Crustaceana – Brill

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