Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations
Morphometric analysis was carried out to find out changes in the growth pattern of male and female stomatopod, Harpiosquilla raphidea. Six morphometric relationships were examined on 105 males and 105 females, ranging in size from 103 to 207 mm and from 104 to 222 mm in total length, respectively. I...
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| description | Morphometric analysis was carried out to find out changes in the growth pattern of male and female stomatopod, Harpiosquilla raphidea. Six morphometric relationships were examined on 105 males and 105 females, ranging in size from 103 to 207 mm and from 104 to 222 mm in total length, respectively. In both the sexes, the relative growth of carapace length, propodus length of raptorial claw and total weight in relation to total length was found positively allometric. Telson width in both the sexes and abdomen width in males showed slightly negative allometry, while the abdomen width of females showed slightly positive allometry, indicating some variation in the growth between sexes which could be attributed to the energy requirement for maturation in females. The propodus of females was also found to be bigger than that of males. It is quite interesting as males only have larger chela in other crustaceans. It has a functional significance in that it is of immense help at the time of intense feeding during maturation of oocytes which requires higher energy. |
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| spelling | my-ukm.journal-76642016-12-14T06:44:48Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7664/ Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations Antony, P.J Rahman, M.M. Rajkumar, M. Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ajmal Khan, S. Morphometric analysis was carried out to find out changes in the growth pattern of male and female stomatopod, Harpiosquilla raphidea. Six morphometric relationships were examined on 105 males and 105 females, ranging in size from 103 to 207 mm and from 104 to 222 mm in total length, respectively. In both the sexes, the relative growth of carapace length, propodus length of raptorial claw and total weight in relation to total length was found positively allometric. Telson width in both the sexes and abdomen width in males showed slightly negative allometry, while the abdomen width of females showed slightly positive allometry, indicating some variation in the growth between sexes which could be attributed to the energy requirement for maturation in females. The propodus of females was also found to be bigger than that of males. It is quite interesting as males only have larger chela in other crustaceans. It has a functional significance in that it is of immense help at the time of intense feeding during maturation of oocytes which requires higher energy. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7664/1/03_P.J._Antony.pdf Antony, P.J and Rahman, M.M. and Rajkumar, M. and Kamaruzzaman Yunus, and Ajmal Khan, S. (2014) Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations. Sains Malaysiana, 43 (9). pp. 1305-1310. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/ |
| spellingShingle | Antony, P.J Rahman, M.M. Rajkumar, M. Kamaruzzaman Yunus, Ajmal Khan, S. Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations |
| title | Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798)
(Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations |
| title_full | Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798)
(Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations |
| title_fullStr | Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798)
(Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798)
(Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations |
| title_short | Relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798)
(Crustacea: Stomatopoda) male and female populations |
| title_sort | relative growth of harpiosquilla raphidea (fabricius, 1798)
(crustacea: stomatopoda) male and female populations |
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