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Morphology and Morphometric of Portunus Pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Decapoda, Brachyura) Pulau Kambing Jetty
Nurul Aqilah binti Pausi
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Hanafi Idris
Bachelor of Applied Science (Fisheries)
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus) locally known as ‘ketam bunga’ or ‘ketam
renjong’, commonly inhabiting sandy and sand-muddy. Sample has been collected
from fish landed at Pulau Kambing Jetty, Terengganu. A total 32 samples has been
used for morphology and morphometrics study at fisheries science laboratory at
University Malaysia Terengganu. Based on morphological examined, the species was
identified as Portunus pelagicus, belong to family Portunidae that can usually be
recognised by their flat, discshaped hind legs and by the nine spikes, called horns,
along their carapace, either side of their eyes. Twelve morphometric characteristics
including weight has been chosen to identify the species where was measured. The
One Way ANOVA, based on male and female of the species was calculated and
observed which are five characters were significant while the others were not
significant.
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