BREAKTHROUGH IN INDUCED BREEDING AND REARING OF THE LARVAE AND JUVENILES OF HOLOTHURIA (METRIATYLA) SCABRA JAEGER AT TUTICORIN - Concepedia

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BREAKTHROUGH IN INDUCED BREEDING AND REARING OF THE LARVAE AND JUVENILES OF HOLOTHURIA (METRIATYLA) SCABRA JAEGER AT TUTICORIN

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1994

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D B James, M E Rajapandian, C P Gopinathan, Baskar Balakrishnan

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BiologyValuable Sea-cucumberEngineeringNatural SciencesAquacultureEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyInsect ConservationTropical Insect ScienceMarine BiologyInsect Social BehaviorVarious StagesFirst Time

Abstract

Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra the most valuable sea-cucumber at present from India, has been successfully induced to breed for the first time. The larvae have been reared through various stages till settlement by feeding with micro-algae. Details of various stages of larvae are given. The feeding and rearing of juveniles also are presented in this paper.