Culture Techniques of Polychaete Worms
A. Anix Vivek Santhiya*
Dept. of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tamil Nadu (628 008), India
C. Lloyd Chrispin
Dept. of Fisheries Extension, Economics and Statistics, Dr. M.G.R Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu Dr. J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Tamil Nadu (601 204), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Brooder diet, Hatchery, Live feed, Polychaete worms
Abstract
Aquaculture is a needed industry in the Indian agricultural sector to boost the Indian economy. A disease free healthy stock can be achieved by feeding appropriate live feeds. Polychaetes, are more recently used as live bait for sport angling and an ingredient in formulating aquaculture feeds for fish, crustaceans and other organisms. They extensively used in commercial shrimp hatcheries, fed by a brood stock were reported to have higher healthy fecundity. Knowledge on culture techniques of polychaete worms are framed out and it involves two phase. Phase I is development from prototrochophore larvae to nectochaete larvae and Phase II is development from nectochaete larvae to adult worms. The aquaculture industry stimulates fundamental research providing both support and infrastructures for improving the culture techniques of polychaete worms and reduce shortage of healthy broodstock diet in the aquaculture field.
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