International Journal of Aquaculture, 2017, Vol.7, No.12, 83-85
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Sicyonia Parajaponica
, A Rare Record of Rock Shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda:
Penaeoidea: Sicyoniidae), off Thoothukudi Coast of Gulf of Mannar
T. Vaitheeswaran
Tilapia Project-Hatchery Technical and Head, Victoria Treasures Limited, BUGABO BAY GARUGA on Victoria lake, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
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Received: 13 Jul., 2017
Accepted: 08 Aug., 2017
Published: 15 Aug., 2017
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Vaitheeswaran T., 2017,
Sicyonia parajaponica
, a rare record of rock shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeoidea: Sicyoniidae), off Thoothukudi coast of Gulf of
Mannar, International Journal of Aquaculture, 7(12): 83-85 (doi:
Abstract
Earlier records of deep sea rock shrimp
Sicyonia parajaponica
are from off Chennai, northern part of southeast coast and
off Kollam, southwest coast of India. The present report of
Sicyonia parajaponica
off Thoothukudi waters in Gulf of Mannar extends
its distribution further south along southeast coast. It occurred at a depth of 310 m. It has been reported from Gulf of Aden, Phuket in
the Andaman Sea, the Philippines, Australia, China and Taiwan.
Keywords
Sicyonia parajaponica
; Sicyoniidae; Thoothukudi coast; Gulf of Mannar
1 Introduction
Genus Sicyonia H. Milne Edwards (1830) has wide distribution in Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and
Mediterranean Sea and contains 52 species (De Grave and Fransen, 2011), of which, four species, namely,
Sicyonia fallax
(De Man, 1907),
S. lancifer
(Olivier, 1811),
S. longicauda
(Rathbun 1906) and
S. parjaponica
(Crosnier, 2003) were reported from Indian waters (Kurian, 1953; George, 1966; Muthu, 1968, Kathirvel et al.,
2007; Thirumilu, 2011; Radhakrishnan et al., 2012; Shanis et al., 2013; Chakraborty, 2017). While observing the
deep sea catch landed at Thoothukudi, one specimen belonged to
Sicyonia parajaponica
was obtained and its
record from Gulf of Mannar is reported here.
2 Material Examined
Every year, the deep sea fishing in Gulf of Mannar is confined to 4 months, from December to March. A single
male specimen measuring 107 mm in total length, 18 mm in carapace length and weighing 15 g was found among
the deep sea fish and crustaceans landed at Thoothukudi Fisheries harbour in March 2016.
S. parajaponica
the
single specimen was collected from Thoothukudi fishing harbor, India, between 08° 52’12.1”N 78° 47’ 34.7”E. It
was learnt that the deep sea trawling took place off Thoothukudi at a depth of 310 m, where the sea bottom was
sandy with broken molluscan shells.
3 Systematic Position
Phylum Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848
Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772
Superclass Multicrustacea Regier, Shultz, Zwick, Hussey, Ball, Wetzer, Martin and Cunningham, 2010
Class Malacosreaca Latreille, 1802
Subclass Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Suborder Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888
