Larvae of the Common Penaeid Prawns of Malaysia and South-East Asia [Hardcover]

Dedication Contents Preface Chapters Introduction 1.1 Concepts of larval development 1.2 The larval stages 1.3 Larval morphology 1.4 Larval descriptions 1.5 Aim Measurements and Notations 2.1 Culture and sampling 2.2 Observation and measurement 2.3 Staining and dissection 2.4 Body measurements 2.5 Definitions and notations 2.6 Species nomenclature Development and Morphology of Penaeid Larvae 3.1 Penaeid eggs 3.2 Duration of embryony and larval stages 3.3 Larval morphology? ?Genus Parapenaeopsis (Alcock, 1901)????? Parapenaeopsis hardwickii (Miers,1878)????? Parapenaeopsis hungerfordi Alcock, 1905? ??????Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo Alcock, 1905????? Parapenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862)?? Genus Trachysalambria Burkenroad, 1934? ??????Trachysalambria malaiana (Balss, 1933) ???Genus Metapenaeus Wood-Mason, 1891????? Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)????? Metapenaeus brevicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)?? Genus Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905????? Metapenaeopsis stridulans (Alcock, 1905)?? Genus Penaeus Fabricius, 1798????? Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837????? Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis De Man, 18883.4 Synthesis??????? 3.5 Hypothesized pathways of larval development??????? 3.6 Update of species with full larval descriptions???????? Diagnoses and Keys to Stage, Genus and Species?????? 4.1 Introduction?????? 4.2 Comparative body structures, setation and spination?????? 4.3 Larval keys to the common genera and species of penaeid prawns in Malaysian and South-East Asian waters