Effect of differential feed on the molting success and survival of horseshoe crab trilobite (Tachypleus gigas)

• Main Authors: Akbar John B.,, Kamaruzzaman B.Y.,, Jalal K.C.A.,, Hassan S.,, Rozihan M.,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12297/1/46_01_04.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12297/; http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=623&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56

Mortality during early life stages of horseshoe crabs especially during the molting of third and fourth instar stage is significantly higher. This is perhaps due to the change in feeding behavior from filter feeding (first and second instar) to active feeding (third instar onwards). Hence, we offe...