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Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, [1] [2] Asian tiger shrimp, [3] [4] black tiger shrimp, [5] [6] and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Tiger prawns displayed in a supermarket
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan , 1844 Penaeus is a genus of prawns , including the giant tiger prawn ( P. monodon ), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide.
The giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) is an important species for aquaculture.Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible.
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns.The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn.
The Indian shrimp has a relatively lower market value than P. monodon. Average price of white shrimp is US$5.5/kg for a size range of 21/25 shrimps per kg, while for P. monodon it is US7-13/kg. However, as F. indicus is more easily bred and reared, the relative profit gained by F.indicus may be higher per input than it seems from the above figures.
Courtship and mating may take up to 3 hours in Penaeus monodon, while in Farfantepenaeus paulensis, mating lasts just 4–5 seconds. [26] Spawning may occur several times during the moulting cycle, and usually occurs at night. [27] With the exception of Luciferidae, the eggs of prawns are shed directly into the water, rather than being brooded ...
Adult Penaeus monodon Crustaceans may pass through a number of larval and immature stages between hatching from their eggs and reaching their adult form. Each of the stages is separated by a moult , in which the hard exoskeleton is shed to allow the animal to grow.
Besides the GIH evidence, another hypothesis suggests that eyestalk ablation also reduces light perception intensity and thereby induces ovarian maturation. In the banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis, syn. Penaeus merguiensis), dim light favours ovarian maturation and spawning. [4]