Reproductive biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus. Lumban batu, 2etty riani, 2yusli wardiatno 1 department of aquatic resources management, faculty of fisheries and marine. Blue swimming crab, stock assessment, mortality, overexploitation introduction pakistani waters are located at northern part of the arabian sea and marine fisheries sector is the back bone of national economy, pakistan coastline divided into sindh and balochistan coastline about 1120 km from the northwest iranian border and southwest indian borders, from which sindh coastline. Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapod shrimps, commonly known as prawns. Adw doesnt cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Blue swimming crab portunus portunus pelagicus picture. Eshky ali a 2003 reproductive biology of the commercial blue crab portunus pelagicus l. Information about reproductive biology is significantly needed in management of blue. Muskita, 1oce astuti, 2safilu 1 faculty of fisheries and marine sciences, halu oleo university, bumi tridharma, kendari 93232, southeast sulawesi, indonesia. Anatomy is inherently tied to developmental biology, embryology, comparative anatomy. Pdf biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab, portunus. Various aspects of the biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus have been investigated in the large peelharvey estuarine system of western australia, using samples collected regularly by beach seine, gill net and otter trawl between february 1980 and july 1981. In shallow waters, it is caught using beach seines, rakes, and dab nets. Fnasc, faas, in sexual biology and reproduction in crustaceans, 2017.
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of two frozen organism with and without instant nannochloropsis oculata and with and without instant encapsulated spirulina and artificial diet with and without artificial encapsulated shrimp larvae feed with live food as continues feed in the larval rearing of blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus. The fisheries biology of the blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus in the gulf of thailand. Portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 and the gazami crab p. Portunus pelagicus, stock assessment, reproductive biology, fecundity, gonad somatic index gsi, the persian gulf. Mating behaviour of sand crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts. A conceptual model for the regulation of cardiac and. Upper gulf marine fisheries research and development center. The animal diversity web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. Portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 inhabit the same area but it is easily distingushed by their. The blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 is one of the commercially exploited crab fishery resources in vietnam. Parasites and epizoites of the crab portunus pelagicus from moreton bay, eastern australia. The main aim of this study was to perform dna barcoding of portunus pelagicus from mumbai region using dna markers specifically used as dna barcodes.
Portunus pelagicus blue swimmer crab is widely distributed and fished throughout the indowest pacific, but little is known of its biology and ecology in southeast australia. Blue swimming crab is one of the economically important species that inhabit a wide range of inshore and continental shelf areas, including sandy, muddy and sea grass habitats, from the. Wood 1993 impact of parasites on the reproduction and fecundity of the blue sand crab portunus pelagicus from moreton bay. This species is widely distributed from the marine waters of east africa, the indiopacific region, to the hawaiian islands stephenson and. Aquatic environment and fishing intensity might influence the variation in morphometric characters of species as a form of. Here, the morphometric characteristics and organ indices are analysed to obtain baseline information about the population structure, sexual maturity, and fecundity of this species.
Pdf a revision of the portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758. Population structure, morphometric analysis and reproductive. The swimming crab portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 is widely distributed in ocean waters from east. Blue swimming crab portunus portunus pelagicus picture ferdinand bauer 1997. Portunus pelagicus and portunus trituberculatus are not commonly called blue crab. Portunus pelagicus synonyms, portunus pelagicus pronunciation, portunus pelagicus translation, english dictionary definition of portunus pelagicus.
Energy saved by pulsed activity can be explained by reference to nonlinear arterial analogues where decreased impedance to pulsatile flow occurs at or above a resonant frequency. Aquaculture of portunid crabs biology and culture of. Portunus pelagicus blue swimmer crab is widely distributed and fished throughout the indowest pacific, but little is known of its. Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as. Leschenault estuary, portunus pelagicus, size and age compositions. Portunus pelagicus definition of portunus pelagicus by. Phylogenetic analyses based on 12 concatenated proteincoding genes revealed that p. The reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus. Food and feeding of the blue swimmer crab, portunus. Growth and survival of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus. May 01, 2010 portunus pelagicus blue swimmer crab is widely distributed and fished throughout the indowest pacific, but little is known of its biology and ecology in southeast australia.
Introduction the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus l. The natural diet of blue swimming crabs, portunus pelagicus, was investigated from october 2008 to october 2009 using hand sampling and a crab gill net. On the other hand, the blue crab is a highly notable animal widely harvested and consumed in englishspeaking countries and known by that name exclusively. Seed production and farming of blue swimmer crab portunus.
Reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus brachyura. Pdf information about reproductive biology is significantly needed in management of blue. A marinederived, heparan sulphatecontaining glycosaminoglycan extract, isolated from the crab portunus pelagicus, was identified to inhibit human bace1 with comparable bioactivity to that of mammalian heparin ic50 1. Reproductive biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus, decapoda. Fisheries biology and assessment of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in queensland. Portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 inhabit the same area but it is easily distingushed by their 3 prominent maroon to red spots on posterior of. A glycosaminoglycan extract from portunus pelagicus inhibits bace1, the. Blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus is one capture fisheries commodity which offers promising prospects in pangkep regency, south sulawesi, indonesia.
The blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 inhabits coastal waters with sandy or muddy substrates of southeast asia. Distribution, body size, and eggs of ovigerous swimming. It inhabits a wide range of inshore and continental shelf areas, including sandy, muddy. Crabs were collected from korangi creek, karachi from january 2004 to december 2005. Reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab portunus. Box 20, north beach, western australia, 6020 abstract this report summarises the existing studies which have provided information on the biology, population characteristics and exploitation of the blue.
Sold in local markets fresh or frozen and for the crabflesh canning industry. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in. Stock assesment and reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus in bandar abbas coastal waters, norther persian gulf. The blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus. Kangas western australian marine research laboratories p.
The systematics of the commercially important swimming crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758, is revised and four distinct species, p. The growth, mortality, and reproduction of portunus sanguinolentus were studied using sizefrequency data. The reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus in southeast sulawesi waters, indonesia 1la sara, 1wellem h. Anatomy is a branch of natural science which deals with the structural organization of living things.
Energy saved by pulsed activity can be explained by reference to nonlinear arterial analogues where decreased impedance to pulsatile flow occurs at or above a resonant freq. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in an. The results showed that the major prey items in the stomach contents of p. Biology of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus in leschenault estuary and koombana bay, south western australia. Journal royal society of western australia 834, 443458.
There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the devonian. Population biology of the swimming crab portunus sanguinolentus. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 in. Biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in an australian estuary. The stomach contents of 452 crabs, ranging from 61 to 180 mm carapace width, were analysed.
Identification of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus using. Impact of parasites on the reproduction and fecundity of the blue sand crab portunus pelagicus from moreton bay, australia. Abstractportunus pelagicus s wa collected at regular intervals from two marine embayments and two estuaries on the lower west coast of australia and from a large embayment located approximately 800 km farther north. The species is similar to portunus trituberculatus in its general appearance. Species of portunidae targeted for aquaculture include scylla serrata, portunus pelagicus, portunus trituberculatus, portunus sanguinolentus and charybdis feriata.
Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue. Struktur ukuran dan biologi populasi rajungan portunus. Food habits of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus were investigated using specimens collected from trawl catches in the mandapam region, tamil nadu, along the east coast of india 92025. Portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 is commercially important in china, but its yields have declined in recent years. Fisheries management of blue swimming crab portunus. The blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 is an important. The first abdominal segment bears a short seta on its dorsal surface. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of. Natural diet of two commercial crab species, portunus segnis. Stock assessment and reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus in bandar abbas coastal waters, northern persian gulf. Blue swimming crab, stock assessment, mortality, overexploitation introduction pakistani waters are located at northern part of the arabian sea and marine fisheries sector is the back bone of national economy, pakistan coastline divided into sindh and balochistan coastline about 1120 km from the northwest iranian border and southwest indian borders, from which. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 in lasongko bay, southeast sulawesiindonesia 1abdul hamid, 2djamar t.
Aquatic environment and fishing intensity might influence the variation in morphometric characters of species as a form of adaptation and might characterize the stock unit as well. Fna, fnasc, faas, in sexual biology and reproduction in crustaceans, 2017. The fishery is based on the capture of a single species, portunus pelagicus, although other crab species may also be landed, such as spider, velvet and rock crabs. Nov 05, 2019 the blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 is one of the commercially exploited crab fishery resources in vietnam. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in an australian estuary article pdf available in marine biology 781.
Telson forked, with each fork bearing, one inner and one dorsal spine. Different body measurements were carried out including fresh body weight, carapace width carapace length, total length and width of both right and left chelae, and. The frequency of occurrence and points methods were used for the stomach contents analysis. Collected mainly by artisanal traps, trawls, beach seines, cylindrical wire traps, folding traps, pots, hop nets, drop nets, and sunken crab gill nets. Department of aquatic resources management, faculty of fisheries and marine. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 in the upper gulf of thailand. The research was conducted between aprilnovember 2016 and maynovember 2017 in the coastal waters of pangkep regency.
Seed production and farming of blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus 245 and abdomen telson length from 1. Increasing stocking density by 16fold and doubling the shelter density resulted in production of about 3000 juvenile crabsm3, although the survival rate dropped to 7. Some aspects of reproductive biology of blue swimming crab. Portunus pelagicus an overview sciencedirect topics. Study on the reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus females from pattani coastal waters, thailand 1,2fazrul hisam, 2sukree hajisamae, 3mhd ikhwanuddin, 1nik a. A revision of the portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 species. Stock assessment of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus. A glycosaminoglycan extract from portunus pelagicus. Biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in leschenault. The fishery is divided into two areas spencer gulf and gulf st vincent, figure 1 with two types of commercial fishery operating in. Food and feeding of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus. Jun 06, 2017 a revision of the portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 species complex crustacea.
Stock assessment and reproductive biology of the blue. Biology and population parameter of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus in bone and adjacent. The crab samples were collected from northern, central and southern vietnam. Natural diet of two commercial crab species, portunus. Anatomy greek anatome, dissection is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. References used for portunus pelagicus sealifebase. Study on the reproductive biology of the blue swimming. Secretase implicated in alzheimers disease by courtney j. Reproductive biology of portunus pelagicus in a southeast. Qld sand crab study highlights a need for changes in management. Portunus pelagicus were obtained from a shallow coastal area in the kingdom of bahrain, arabian gulf 26 14 909 n and 50 297 121 e during the years 2004 and 2005 using local fish trap on sandy mud or sand substrates. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab, portunus segnis. Fishing news booksblackwell scientific books, oxford. Portunid crabs, such as portunus pelagicus, scylla serrata, and cauinectes sapidus, form the basis of important commercial and recreational fisheries.
This study was carried out to observe and describe sexual dimorphism, reproductive system, macroscopic and histological gonad development and gonado somatic index gsi of blue swimming crab p. Aziz, 1muhamad naimullah, 3marina hassan 1 school of fisheries science and aquaculture, malaysia terengganu university, kuala. Portunidae in five bodies of water on the west coast of australia. The stomach contents of 452 crabs, ranging from 61 to 180 mm carapace width, were. In the blue crab portunus pelagicus, stewart et al.
About 4500 crab species were found from the world from which more than 200 species have been reported from pakistani water kazmi, 2003 out of 200 species five species are most commercial and edible fish species from pakistani waters which are portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1785, portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 scylla tranquebarica. Pdf portunus pelagicus supports indigenous as well as mechanised fishery of karnataka coast. A glycosaminoglycan extract from portunus pelagicus inhibits. Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus in western australia. Shields abstract fifteen parasites and symbionts were found in the tissues, in the branchial chambers, and on external surfaces of the sand crab portunus pelagicus. Biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758, from south karnataka coast. Jul 01, 2003 the swimming crab portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 is widely distributed in ocean waters from east africa, through the indopacific region, to the hawaiian islands stephenson and campbell, 1959. A stock assessment of the blue swimming crab portunus. Soundarapandian p, varadharajan d, boopathi a 20 reproductive biology of the commercially important portunid crab, portunus sanguinolentus herbst. Aspects of the biology of the swimming crab, portunus peagicus linnaeus, 1758.
Materials and methods sampling portunus pelagicus was collected from sites in both nearshore, shallow reproductive biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus, decapoda. In this study, we have performed molecular taxonomy of portunus pelagicus based on gene loci namely cytochrome oxidase subunit i, 18s rrna and histone h3. Parasites and symbionts of the crab portunus pelagicus. The biology, population dynamics and fishery management of.
This study aimed to determine the fishery management of blue swimming crab based on spatial zoning areas. Stomach contents of 558 portunus segnis forskal, 1775 and 426 p. The threespotted or bloodspotted swimming crab, portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783, is named after the three significant red to maroon spots located on the posterior part of the carapace carpenter and niem, 1998. Genomewide snp analyses reveal population structure of. The feeding ecology of the blue swimming crab, portunus. Whereas crabs were widely dispersed throughout peel inlet, harvey estuary and the saline regions of tributary rivers.
Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, in western. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Portunus pelagicus in common with a number of large decapod crustaceans displays a discontinuous pattern of cardiac activity and ventilation pausing or pausepulsing. Pdf reproductive biology of the commercially important. Relative growth and heterochely in the blue swimmer crab. The general sex dimorphism and reproductive system of male and female blue swimming. The testis is composed of anterior and posterior lobes. This is the first study to provide a broad survey of genetic diversity, population structure and migration patterns of p. They differ from related animals, such as caridea and stenopodidea, by the branching form of the gills and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release. Aug 01, 2003 the growth, mortality, and reproduction of portunus sanguinolentus were studied using sizefrequency data obtained from crabs collected in pots in the waters off northern taiwan from october 2000 to march 2001, and october 2001 to january 2002. Distribution pattern and habitat shifts during ontogeny of. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in estuaries of southwest western australia, 1988. Significant differences were found in diet composition.
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