1 Key to larval stages of freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

THIS ANNEX PROVIDES a simplified key to the eleven larval stages of M. rosenbergii and is illustrated with some micro-photographs kindly given to the author by the late Takuji Fujimura (Annex 1, Figures 1 - 12). The most prominent characteristics are shown in Annex 1, Table 1.

 

 

TABLE 1 ANNEX 1
Selected characteristics of Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae and postlarvae

ANNEX 1, Figures 1-12
Macrobrachium rosenbergii go through eleven distinct larval stages (Figures 1-11) before metamorphosing to become postlarvae (Figure 12)

SOURCE: TAKUJI FUJIMURA