Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, in western australia m. Anatomy is a branch of natural science which deals with the structural organization of living things. Reproductive biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus, decapoda. Different body measurements were carried out including fresh body weight, carapace width carapace length, total length and width of both right and left chelae, and. Portunus pelagicus definition of portunus pelagicus by the. Whereas crabs were widely dispersed throughout peel inlet, harvey estuary and the saline regions of tributary rivers. The reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus. Aug 31, 2010 the systematics of the commercially important swimming crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758, is revised and four distinct species, p. Biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in. Stock assessment and reproductive biology of the blue. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 in. Pdf information about reproductive biology is significantly needed in management of blue. Portunid crabs have great potential in aquaculture.
Food and feeding of the blue swimmer crab, portunus. Pdf biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab, portunus. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in an australian estuary article pdf available in marine biology 781. Portunus pelagicus an overview sciencedirect topics.
In the blue crab portunus pelagicus, stewart et al. Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, in western. The feeding ecology of the blue swimming crab, portunus. Food and feeding of portunus portunus sanguinolentus. The fisheries biology of the blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus in the gulf of thailand.
South australian research and development institute, 34 pp. The species is usually found in large numbers in shallow bays with sandy bottoms williams 1981. Shields abstract fifteen parasites and symbionts were found in the tissues, in the branchial chambers, and on external surfaces of the sand crab portunus pelagicus. Introduction the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus l. Distribution, body size, and eggs of ovigerous swimming crab. The distribution, body size, and egg diameter and volume of ovigerous blue swimming crabs, portunus pelagicus, were examined according to habitat type and egg color in lasongko bay, central buton, indonesia between april 20 and march 2014. Food and feeding of the blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus.
A glycosaminoglycan extract from portunus pelagicus inhibits. Also, these compounds may be obtained from waste material, which makes their exploitation both economically and environmentally appealing. Parasites and symbionts of the crab portunus pelagicus. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus. Fisheries biology and assessment of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in queensland. Complete mitochondrial genome of portunus pelagicus. Upper gulf marine fisheries research and development center. The blue swimming crabportunus pelagicus is an important catch species for many coastal villages along the java sea coastline, but little is known its regarding reproductive biology or stock status.
Lumban batu, 2etty riani, 2yusli wardiatno 1 department of aquatic resources management, faculty of fisheries and marine. A visit was made for the stac marine crabsoft shell crab training course participants to visit the upm marine science research station at telok kemang of port dickson as study tour. Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue. Portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 and the gazami crab p. Aspects of the biology of the swimming crab, portunus peagicus linnaeus, 1758. The blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 is an important. Eshky ali a 2003 reproductive biology of the commercial blue crab portunus pelagicus l. This chapter provides an abundance of valuable firsthand information about the aquaculture of portunid crabs. Anatomy greek anatome, dissection is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Distribution, body size, and eggs of ovigerous swimming. Mating behaviour of sand crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus open access scientific reports.
Portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 is commercially important in china, but its yields have declined in recent years. A stock assessment of the blue swimming crab portunus. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of. Portunus pelagicus were obtained from a shallow coastal area in the kingdom of bahrain, arabian gulf 26 14 909 n and 50 297 121 e during the years 2004 and 2005 using local fish trap on sandy mud or sand substrates. Reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab portunus. Portunus pelagicus blue swimmer crab is widely distributed and fished throughout the indowest pacific, but little is known of its. This causes the higher demand in the market by any size of p. The testis is composed of anterior and posterior lobes. This crab is a very important commercial species in many countries, such as australia, japan. Parasites and symbionts of the crab portunus pelagicus from. Saad 1department of biology, faculty of science, universiti putra malaysia, 43400 upm, serdang selangor darul ehsan, malaysia.
Mating behaviour of sand crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus. The general sex dimorphism and reproductive system of male and female blue swimming. Various aspects of the biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus have been investigated in the large peelharvey estuarine system of western australia, using samples collected regularly by beach seine, gill net and otter trawl between february 1980 and july 1981. Kangas western australian marine research laboratories p. Dec 31, 2014 a visit was made for the stac marine crabsoft shell crab training course participants to visit the upm marine science research station at telok kemang of port dickson as study tour. Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as.
Portunus pelagicus definition of portunus pelagicus by. Collected mainly by artisanal traps, trawls, beach seines, cylindrical wire traps, folding traps, pots, hop nets, drop nets, and sunken crab gill nets. A reproductive biology study of blue swimming crab, portunus segnis forskal, 1775 in. Study on the reproductive biology of the blue swimming. It inhabits a wide range of inshore and continental shelf areas, including sandy, muddy. Here, the morphometric characteristics and organ indices are analysed to obtain baseline information about the population structure, sexual maturity, and fecundity of this species.
Box 20, north beach, western australia, 6020 abstract this report summarises the existing studies which have provided information on the. Reproductive biology of the blue swimmer crab portunus. The blue swimmer crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus. The fishery is based on the capture of a single species, portunus pelagicus, although other crab species may also be landed, such as spider, velvet and rock crabs. The systematics of the commercially important swimming crab, portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758, is revised and four distinct species, p. More information countries fao areas ecosystems occurrences introductions stocks ecology diet food items. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus. Portunus armatus formerly portunus pelagicus, also known as the flower crab, blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab or sand crab, rajungan in indonesian, and alimasag in tagalog, kapampangan, and pangasinan, is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries around most of australia and east to new caledonia. The samples were used to obtain data on the reproductive biology of this species in three very different envi ronments. Reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus brachyura.
Blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus is a scavenger species and very popular around the world as one of the target species for fishermen and recreational purposes. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in an australian estuary. The fishery is divided into two areas spencer gulf and gulf st vincent, figure 1 with two types of commercial fishery operating in each pot and marine scalefish. Materials and methods sampling portunus pelagicus was collected from sites in both nearshore, shallow portunus pelagicus blue swimmer crab is widely distributed and fished throughout the indowest pacific, but little is known of its biology and ecology in southeast australia. Portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 blue swimming crab upload your photos. Information about reproductive biology is significantly needed in management of blue.
Blue crab portunus pelagicus breeding at upm marine. Shields abstract fifteen parasites and symbionts were found in the tissues, in the branchial chambers, and. Whereas crabs were widely dispersed throughout peel inlet, harvey estuary and the saline regions of tributary rivers during. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 in lasongko bay, southeast sulawesiindonesia 1abdul hamid, 2djamar t. The stomach contents of 452 crabs, ranging from 61 to 180 mm carapace width, were analysed. Fnasc, faas, in sexual biology and reproduction in crustaceans, 2017. Biology and population parameter of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus in bone and adjacent. This study was carried out to observe and describe sexual dimorphism, reproductive system, macroscopic and histological gonad development and gonado somatic index gsi of blue swimming crab p. Stock assesment and reproductive biology of the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus in bandar abbas coastal waters, norther persian gulf. Abstractportunus pelagicus s wa collected at regular intervals from two marine embayments and two estuaries on the lower west coast of australia and from a large embayment located approximately 800 km farther north. A stock assessment of blue swimming crabs, portunus pelagicus was conducted with crab gill nets and collapsible crab traps at kung krabaen bay, in the eastern gulf of thailand, from 2008 to 2009. Portunidae in five bodies of water on the west coast of australia.
The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in. Mar 31, 2016 portunus pelagicus were obtained from a shallow coastal area in the kingdom of bahrain, arabian gulf 26 14 909 n and 50 297 121 e during the years 2004 and 2005 using local fish trap on sandy mud or sand substrates. Zainab afzaal, muhsan ali kalhoro, muhammad aslam buzdar, ashraf nadeem, faisal saeed, ameena haroon and irfan ahmed abstract length frequency distribution data of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1766 from pakistani waters were used to estimate the growth and mortality parameters during 2015. The reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus in southeast sulawesi waters, indonesia 1la sara, 1wellem h. Stock assessment of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus. Distribution pattern and habitat shifts during ontogeny of. The species is similar to portunus trituberculatus in its general appearance. Here, a gag extract isolated from the crab portunus pelagicus has been found to possess attenuated anticoagulant activity while potently inhibiting the ad relevant. Different body measurements were carried out including fresh body weight, carapace width carapace length, total length and width of both right and left chelae, and abdominal. Portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 blue swimming crab native range. The biology, population dynamics and fishery management of. We examined the batch fecundity of female crabs that were collected monthly at landing sites from june 2011 to may 2012, calculated the. A study of the reproductive biology of the haole crab.
Pdf a revision of the portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab, portunus segnis forskal, 1775 in coastal waters of persian gulf and oman sea. Pdf portunus pelagicus supports indigenous as well as mechanised fishery of karnataka coast. The stomach contents of 452 crabs, ranging from 61 to 180 mm carapace width, were. Studies on reproductive biology and distribution of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in south australia waters, research report series 4. Muskita, 1oce astuti, 2safilu 1 faculty of fisheries and marine sciences, halu oleo university, bumi tridharma, kendari 93232, southeast sulawesi, indonesia. The opening of a deep and permanent artificial entrance channel into the peelharvey estuary in southwestern australia in 1994 provided an excellent opportunity to determine the biological characteristics of the blue swimmer crab portunus pelagicus in a large microtidal estuary, after tidal exchange with the ocean had increased markedly and salinities recovered more rapidly from their. Portunidae university of hawaii ryan, edward parsons on. Portunus sanguinolentus herbst, 1783 inhabit the same area but it is easily distingushed by their 3 prominent maroon to red spots on posterior of. Kt382858, and consisted of proteincoding genes, 22 trna genes, 2 ribosomal rna genes, and 1 dna control region figure 1. A study of the reproductive biology of the haole crab, portunus sanguinolentus herbst brachyura. The dimensions of the carapace length mm, chelae length mm and carapace width mm of the males of portunus pelagicus in alfao site. Synopsis of the biology and exploitation of the blue swimmer.
Species of portunidae targeted for aquaculture include scylla serrata, portunus pelagicus, portunus trituberculatus, portunus sanguinolentus and charybdis feriata. A glycosaminoglycan extract from portunus pelagicus. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Fna, fnasc, faas, in sexual biology and reproduction in crustaceans, 2017. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 in the upper gulf of thailand. Various aspects of the biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus have been investigated in the large peelharvey estuarine system of western australia, using samples collected regularly by. The blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 has a broad geographical distribution throughout the indopacific region kailola et al. Portunus pelagicus, stock assessment, reproductive biology, fecundity, gonad somatic index gsi, the persian gulf. Portunus pelagicus synonyms, portunus pelagicus pronunciation, portunus pelagicus translation, english dictionary definition of portunus pelagicus. Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus and the gazami crab, p.
The dimensions of the carapace length mm, chelae length mm and carapace width mm of the females of portunus pelagicus in. Aquaculture of portunid crabs biology and culture of. Reproductive biology of blue swimming crab, portunus segnis. Themfore, an attempt has been made to study the diet of the e two porbluids from the karnataka coasl to enhance, the knowledge on feeding biology ofthese crabs.
Ovigerous female crabs were sampled using gillnets and traps at seven stations. The fishery is divided into two areas spencer gulf and gulf st vincent, figure 1 with two types of commercial fishery operating in. A marinederived, heparan sulphatecontaining glycosaminoglycan extract, isolated from the crab portunus pelagicus, was identified to inhibit human bace1 with comparable bioactivity to that of mammalian heparin ic50 1. Department of fisheries, ministry of agriculture and cooperatives, bangkok, thailand. Some biological aspects of the swimming crab portunus. Study on fecundity, embryology and larval development of blue swimming crab portunus pelagicus linnaeus, 1758 under laboratory conditions 1a. Fishing news booksblackwell scientific books, oxford. Relative growth and heterochely in the blue swimmer crab.
Blue crab portunus pelagicus breeding at upm marine science. Pdf the biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus. Some aspects of reproductive biology of blue swimming crab. The dimensions of the carapace length mm, chelae length mm and carapace width mm of. The biology of the blue manna crab portunus pelagicus in an. Description, classification, synonyms, distribution map and images of portunus pelagicus flower crab. Centre of advanced study in marine biology, annamalai university.