Morphometric variabilities in the adult populations of mangrove horseshoe crab carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (latreille), embryonic development and their larval behavior under different culture conditions

Abstract

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille)is one of the four extant species of horseshoe crab abundantly found in the mangrove ecosystem in Peninsular Malaysia. The morphometric variability in two populations collected from Setiu (Terengganu) and Gelang Patah (Johor) was studied by applying allometric analysis which was fitted well in describing the morphometric diversity between the adult two different populations.