The effects of food availability on the larval growth and survival of Paphia malabarica were studied in
two experiments by feeding the larvae with six algal diets. Newly hatched larvae of P. malabarica were fed
with six different marine microalgae species, singly and in a combination of two species. The best growth
was with Isochrysis galbana and Nannochloropsis salina as a single species of diet. The nutritional value of
single-species diets was in the order of N. salina, I. galbana, Dicrateria inornata, Chaetoceros calcitrans,Tetraselmis
gracilis and Dunaliella salina. Of the mixtures tested, 50% I. galbana/50% N. salina supported
growth and metamorphosis equivalent to those of the I. galbana control
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