Effect of Water Salinity on the External Morphology of Ovarian Maturation Stages of Orange Mud Crab, Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) in Captivity | Zendy

Adnan Amin-Safwa | Zendy; H. Muhd-Farou | Zendy; Nadirah Musa | Zendy; M. Ikhwanuddi | Zendy

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Effect of Water Salinity on the External Morphology of Ovarian Maturation Stages of Orange Mud Crab, Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) in Captivity

Author(s) -

Adnan Amin-Safwa,

H. Muhd-Farou,

Nadirah Musa,

M. Ikhwanuddi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

pakistan journal of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1812-5735

pISSN - 1028-8880

DOI - 10.3923/pjbs.2016.219.226

Subject(s) - biology , orange (colour) , ovary , salinity , fishery , stage (stratigraphy) , zoology , ecology , horticulture , endocrinology , paleontology

Mud crab from the genus Scylla are considered as one of the most demanded seafood items nowadays as their flesh has high quality, tasty and higher growth rate thus support and boosted expansion in aquaculture sector especially in Malaysia. Present study was designed to focus on the effect of water salinity on the ovarian maturation of orange mud crab, Scylla olivacea based on morphological characteristics.

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