Comparisons in prosomal width and body weight among early instar stages of Malaysian horseshoe crabs, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas in the laboratory

• Main Authors: Shakibazadeh, Shahram, Christianus, Annie, Saad, Che Roos, Hajeb, Parvaneh, Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh
• Other Authors: Tanacredi, John T.
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12985/1/Comparisons%20in%20prosomal%20width%20and%20body%20weight%20among%20early%20instar%20stages%20of%20Malaysian%20horseshoe%20crabs%2C%20Carcinoscorpius%20rotundicauda%20and%20Tachypleus%20gigas%20in%20the%20laboratory.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12985/; http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-0-387-89959-6_16

The three Southeast Asian horseshoe crab species are diminishing not only locally but also regionally and protection of them is now an urgent matter. Two species of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, were artificially inseminated, and the eggs were incubated at 28±1°C...