Abstract
The assessment of Penaeidae species diversity in a particular region is very important in formulating conservation strategies. In the present study, the survey on diversity of Penaeidae species in south east coast of India has been assessed on the basis of landing of variety of species in this group. Penaeidae species were collected from various main landing centers of south east coast of India for three years. Identification and nomenclature was done based on previously published literature. Among the 59 species observed, the Penaeus semisulcatus, Penaeus monodon and Fenneropenaeus indicus were found mostly in all landing centers. As first and foremost, the Metapenaeus papuensis, Metapenaeus anchistus, Metapenaeopsis wellsi, Parapenaeopsis sinica (Kishinouyepenaeopsis amicus), Parapenaeopsis hungerfordi, Parapenaeopsis venusta, Parapenaeopsis coromandelica, Parapenaeopsis gracillima, Trachysalambria longipes and Parapenaeus lanceolatus landed in south east coast of India. As far as Penaeidae shrimp diversity is good in south east coast region of India, and needed the fishing site and mesh size regulation to protect the juvenile and adult of Penaeidae from inshore and offshore catching.
Highlights
Biodiversity performs a number of ecological services for mankind that have commercial and recreational or resources management purpose
Fenneropenaeus indicus, F. merguiensis, F. penicillatus, Parapenaeopsis, Metapenaeus, Megokris, Trachysalambria species were obtained highly in the North east monsoon season (October-November), Penaeus semisulcatus were obtained throughout the year
According to the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute [44], in south east cost in Tamilnadu, the inshore Penaeidae shrimp comprised of 25 species, of which P. semisulcatus, F. indicus, Melicertus latisulcatus, Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo, Ganjampenaeopsis uncta (Old name Parapenaeopsis uncta) and Metapenaeus dobsoni are predominant and other species of deep sea prawns were Parapenaeus fissuroides, Penaeopsis jerryi, and P. investigatoris
Summary
Biodiversity performs a number of ecological services for mankind that have commercial and recreational or resources management purpose. Crustacean fishery is one of the major resources of India that includes the commercially important shrimps, prawns, lobsters and crab which are important in the tropical food chain of marine ecosystem. A family of marine crustacean in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawn with 48 recognized genera, 23 of them is known only from the fossil record. Total averaged Penaeidae catching at world level was 1.21 million tons per annum for the year 2008-10. The Penaeidae shrimp constitute the backbone of Indian seafood export industry as the major foreign exchange earner as well as source of livelihood for millions of fishermen in the country. India exported US $ 2.8 billion worth marine products in 2010-11, of which shrimp contributed 3.09% in volume and 69.5% in value of the total export [1]
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