Certain crustaceans have potential as a sustainable source of ornamental animals. They are a dominant group living on coral reefs. This group is incredible diverse with regard to shape, colour and life style

Pillai, S Lakshmi

Thirumilu, P

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The sea treasures a wealth of regard to shape,  colour and life other crustaceans and small fishes animal species. Among them are style. Perhaps  the  most  a s  well as molluscs and worms. certain cr-ustaceans which have conspicuous non-decapod potential a s  a sustainable source crus taceans  are  the  man t i s  shows the landing of ornamental animals. They are a shrimps or  stomatopods. These ~ t o m a t o ~ o d s  along the Indian coast dominant group living on coral reefs. segmented beautiful creatures are line, part icularly Tamil Nadu / This group is Illcrechbly diverse with voracious predators  feeding on Chennai coasts during 198 1-2006. I StomatopcA3 of Tamil Nadu / Chennal Coasts I urarosqurrra holoschista Oratosquf lta quinquedentata 101: 28 No. 3 Fishina Chimes ? 0-1: La ornamental crustaceans too can be trawl and bag net from October to along the indian coast, - uti l ised for the  promotion of December. Size ranges from 103- Nadu and ornamenta l  fish t rade  a n d  for 155-. 198 1-2006 crea t ing  new employment opportunities in rural areas. At the Family- Lysiosquillidae same time, breeding biology of Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata these crustaceans, however, needs ( ~ ~ l ~ h ~ i ~ )  to be s tudied ,  s o  a s  to avoid wasteful collection of invertebrates ~ o m m o n  Name - Banded mantis for the purpose of trade. shrimp The particulars of the identified Tamil Name : Vanpoochi eral ornamental stomatopod species are furnished hereunder. They belong to the  banded m a n t i s  sh r imp  family Family - Harpiosquillidae Lysiosquillidae. They have dark Harpiosquilla (Kemp) transverse bands on the body, with dark and white bands at  articulation h n m o n  Name - Mantis shrimp of each somite. The walking legs ~ ~ ~ i l  N~~~ peria mandaipoochi eral are black on the dorsal side. They range in total length from 150- Their antennular peduncle is.as 278mm and are caught by trawls long as rostrum. Is brownish during October to December. pink and antennular somite bears transverse brownish black band. Family - Squillidae Raptorial claw is white in colour. Oratosquilla gonypetes (Kemp) Three thoracic and five abdominal somites have thin black band.  Common Name: common mantis There are prominent large brownish shrimp black patches on either side of the median carinae at  the base, Tamil Name : Kadalpoochieral Uropods are light pinkish in C O ~ O U ~ .  They are brownish pink. The fifth They are caught by and abdominal somite has a large black seine October to December spot on the posterior side and the and size range is from 108-162 mm second abdominal somite in total length. possesses a transverse black patch Harpiosquilla harpax (De-Man) extending laterally. They range in total length from 65- 1 15mm and are Common Name - Robber caught in trawls. Harpiosquillid mantis shrimp Tamil Name : Pachapoochi era1 Oratosquilla holoschista (Kemp) They have a white body with Common Name : Mantis shrimp Along the Indian coast, a maximum green spot  on  the  uropods .  Tamil Name : Pachaipoochi era1 landing  of s tomatopods  was  Carapace extends till middle of first recorded in 1987 (98,614 t), while abdominal somite and the lateral They have light greenish brown - the  p re sen t  landing  is margin bears spinules. They are body; thorax and comparatively low (18,935 t). Tamil caught from June  to September in are pinkish in cO1our; telson is .I Nadu recorded a maximum landing trawl and bag net.  Total length green and of proximal in the year 1982 (2,096 t) and a ranges from 58-225 mm. segment of exopod of uropod is light blue. They range in size from minimum in 99 ( 37 t) .  A Harpiosquilln mphidea (Fabricius) 59- 1 13mm and are caught by trawl maximum of 143 t of stomatopods was landed in 1998 along the Chennai Common Name - Giant  as bag net the coast a of 5 t in 1987, Harpiosquillid mantis shrimp year. Among the by-catch landed along Tamil Name : Pachapoochi era1 Ortosquilla neap (Latreille) the Chennai coast, about 30% are Their body is light brownish pink, Common Name - Small eyed contributed by crustaceans which antennular somite has black band, squallid mantis shrimp a t  present are being used for the transverse band O n  thorax' Tamil Name : Cheriya kannupoochi preparation of fish meal, poultry Abdomen is brownish black. There feed and manure. Of the crustacean is a black blotch on median carina eral by catch, nearly 60% are crabs, 20% near base of telson. Distal half of Their body is grey in colour and shrimps, 15% stomatopods and 5% endopod of uropod is with faint u ropods  a r e  pale yellow. The lobsters. Indigenous and endemic black pigments. They are caught by u ropods  have lateral  a n d w  IVol. 28 No. 3 Fishing Chimes June 2008 intermediate spines.  Three black caught in trawls during June .  s h o u l d  be t a k e n  while h a n d i n g  p a t c h e s  a r e  p r e s e n t  o n  a l l  t h e  abdominal somites. They range in total length from 35- 130mm and are caught in trawls and shore seines throughout the year. Oratosquilla quinquedentata (Brooks) Common Name - Mantis shrimp Tamil Name : Chigappupoochi eral These mantis shrimp have pale green rostrum, and  second to fifth - - Oratosquilla woodmasoni (Kemp) Common Name - Smooth squillid mantis shrimp Tamil Name : Neela poochi eral They have a pale grey body and  the uropods have bluish tinge on t h e  t i p s .  R o s t r u m  i s  re la t ively slender for a large carapace without spinules. They range in total length from 56- 145mm and  are  available throughout the year a s  par t  of trawl them in aquarium.trade. Feeding in  a q u a r i u m  t a n k s  will n o t  b e  a p r o b l e m  as t h e y  a r e  powerful  swimmers and  feed on a variety of animals.  Acknowledgements T h e  a u t h o r s  t h a n k  Mr. M. Kathirvel, Principal Scientist, CIBA, for his help in the identification of t h e  s p e c i m e n s ,  Dr .  E.V. R a d h a k r i s h n a n ,  Head  of C r u s t a c e a n  F i sher ies  Division, CMFRI. Kochi. for h i s  valuable  a b d o m i n a l  s o m i t e s  a r e  p ink i sh  catches.  suggestions in the improvement of brown. Telson is  bluish brown with Remarks t h e  m a n u s c r i p t  a n d  Dr.  H.M. pinli terminal spine. Uropods a re  Kasim, Scientist-in-chaige, CMFRI, orange in colour. They have a total The c ~ l o u r f u l  stomatopods a re  Chennai for providing the facilities length range of 1 15- 155mm and  a r a  veQ' and spiny. care to carry out  the  work. 999 Freshwater Prawn Harvest and Farmers' Meet in Saline Affected Agricultural Wastelands MPEDA, Regional Centre, Panvel region, Gadchiroli, Bhandra,  Dr. Dilip Kumar, Director, CIFE, and National Bank for Agricultural Chandrapur, Yeotmal district, where Mumbai, in 'his felicitation address and Rural Development conducted a about  7 ,000 nos of p o n d s l t a n k s  s ta ted  t h a t  Asia was the  main farmer's meet on sal ine  affected constructed are lying idle without contributor to the export of seafood agriculture wasteland on 27 January any large scale fisheries activity, the in the global market; hence, India 2008. The main objective of the  State Govt, is planning to bring them would have to play a major role by programme was to boost scampi into fish production and sought  enhancing the  aquacul ture  farming development in the saline MPE;DA's participation to develop production. For this ,  long term affected unproductive agricultural those areas. Be assured the farmers planning was necessary, he added. wastelands in Sangli, Kolhapur & tha t ,  any problem arising in the As Sangli was having, vast potential Satara districts. Mr. Jayant  Patil, this be sal ine  affected wasteland for Hon'ble Minister, Finance & by taking up the matter with agricdture, a proposal could be taken Plannning, Govt. of Maharashtra  the The up with the ICAR for research and inaugurated the harvest by lighting Hon'ble Minister the development in this region. Dr. Vijay the  traditional lamp, followed by uManual O n  Scam~i, .Farming" in Kovale, Associate Dean, Fisheries netting of prawns. In his inaugural and a le-qflet O n  address, the Minister lauded the "Demonstration on freshwaier.prawn College, Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, efforts undertaken by MPEDA in farming in saline affected agriculture Ratnagiri said that their university was establishing a hatchery for introducing scampi farming in the in Sang1i district Of research & development purpose and saline affected agriculture Maharashtra". also looking forward to taking up an wastelands,  which were lying Mr. B. Vishnu Bhat Director, integrated aquaculture project in the unproductive for more than  two MPEDA, in this  keynote address,  sa l ine  affected wastelands.  Mr. decades. Me called upon the farmers welcoming the development in the P ~ k l e ,  District Manager, NABARD, to adopt scampi farming along with saline affected lands in the region Sangli appreciated the efforts made fish to utilise the saline affected observed t h a t  the  present  by Maha Kavi Phule Krishi Vidyalay lands for the  development of demonstration of the scampi project & MPEDA in demonstrating the fisheries, which will enhance the would encourage fur ther  farming scampi farming in the saline lands. economic development in the rural effort along with fish such Tilapia Dr. Rajaranji  Deshmukh, Vice areas.  ~e stated that  aquaculture and Pangasius which would generate Chancellor, MPKV, Rahuri, in his development in saline affected lands increased revenue for the farmers. presidential address appreciated the would ~ r o v i d e  direct and indirect MPEDA envisioned the sea  food efforts taken by MPEDA for the  employment to the rural sector. He export growth from current level of development of saline affected also welcomed MPEDA's financial 0.61 to 2.00 million tons by 2015 wastelands.  Mr. Pokle, District support  for establishing and with increase in value of the  Manager, NABARD, Sangli, Dr. S.S. infras t ructure  facilities for the  exports to US dollar 4 to 6 billion by Kulkarni, Deputy Director of scampi nursery rearing a t  2017. He also explained the financial Fisheries and Mr. A.B. ~ ~ b ~ ~ ,  chief Ra~aParambapu Patil Sahakari Sakhar support extended for development of Executive Officer, FFDA, sangli, also Karkhana Ltd, Sakharale, San6ali scampi farming in the saline affected appreciated the  efforts made by district. The nursery rearing facility lands through var,ious subsidy M P E ~ ~  in demonstrating scampi will cater to the needs of the scampi schemes. The immense potential in farming in the saline lands. farmers in the  a rea .  He also the region will generate good amount highlighted t h e  financial support  of foreign exchange by supplying 550 kg /ha  of prawns of 10-25 schemes for development of scampi good quality products to the  cm/size  were harvested from the farming in the area by MPEDA. He international a s  well a s  domestic farm of Agriculture Research Station, emphasised t h a t  in the  Vidarbha markets. Kasbedigraj. 9962 

Potential of Ornamental marine stomatopods- Tamilnadu Chennai coasts

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Potential of Ornamental marine stomatopods- Tamilnadu Chennai coasts

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