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The Preferences of Horseshoe Crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda<br />

on Different Types of Bivalves in Captivity<br />

Alisa Shahfiqa Binti Ghazali<br />

Prof. Madya Dr. Faridah Mohamad<br />

Bachelor of Applied Science<br />

(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Sciences<br />

A study on the preferences of horseshoe crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda on<br />

different types of bivalves in captivity was conducted at Universiti Malaysia<br />

Terengganu from November 2017 until March 2018. The objective of this study<br />

was to determine the types of bivalves that is most preferred by horseshoe<br />

crab, C. rotundicauda in captivity. C. rotundicauda were given four types of<br />

bivalves namely mussels, mud clams, cockles and oysters. The results obtained<br />

showed that C. rotundicauda has the highest preference on mussels followed<br />

by mud clams, oysters and cockles. The influence of the mortality rate of<br />

bivalves during feeding experiment towards the preferences of C. rotundicauda<br />

showed that mussels had the highest mortality rate compared to mud clams,<br />

oysters and cockles. Hence, this study revealed that conservation activities of<br />

C. rotundicauda would not affect the people in Setiu.<br />

1682 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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