dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorMoraes-Riodades, Patrícia M.C.
dc.creatorValenti, Wagner Cotroni
dc.date2014-05-27T11:21:05Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:19:39Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:21:05Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:19:39Z
dc.date2004-06-14
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T01:09:29Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T01:09:29Z
dc.identifierAquaculture, v. 236, n. 1-4, p. 297-307, 2004.
dc.identifier0044-8486
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/67766
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/67766
dc.identifier10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.02.015
dc.identifier2-s2.0-2442462157
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.02.015
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/889181
dc.descriptionThe occurrence of morphotypes in Macrobrachium amazonicum males was investigated. Prawns aged 4 to 24 months were taken from 10 aquaculture earthen ponds. Color and spination of right second cheliped were analyzed under a stereomicroscope. Post-orbital and carapace length were measured as well as the length of the cheliped and all limb joints on the right second pereiopods. Four distinct morphotypes were identified: Translucent Claw (TC), Cinnamon Claw (CC), Green Claw 1 (GC1) and Green Claw 2 (GC2). They differed in cheliped morphology and some morphometric relationships. Chelipeds were translucent in TC prawns while in CC they were generally cinnamon-color. Both showed a few spines and some low prominences similar to very small tubercles. GC1 and GC2 showed long moss green chelipeds provided with long and robust spines. However, in GC2, cheliped length was always greater than post-orbital length and the angles of spines on the carpus and propodus were more open, ranging from 51°to 92°, while, in GC1 it varies from 34°to 65°. Cheliped length, the cheliped length/post-orbital length ratio and the spine angle were significantly different among the four morphotypes. A description for the identification of each group is provided and the development of M. amazonicum males is discussed. Each morphotype may play a different role in the population and in the environment in which it lives. Therefore, the identification of morphotypes is advisable for future researches on the biology and culture of M. amazonicum. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationAquaculture
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectFreshwater prawn
dc.subjectMacrobrachium
dc.subjectMorphotype
dc.subjectaquaculture
dc.subjectmorphology
dc.subjectmorphotype
dc.subjectprawn culture
dc.subjectBryophyta
dc.subjectCinnamomum verum
dc.subjectDecapoda (Crustacea)
dc.subjectMacrobrachium amazonicum
dc.subjectMetapenaeus bennettae
dc.titleMorphotypes in male Amazon River Prawns, Macrobrachium amazonicum
dc.typeOtro


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