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International Journal of Aquaculture, 2017, Vol.7, No.12, 83-85
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Sicyonia Parajaponica, A Rare Record of Rock Shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda:
Penaeoidea: Sicyoniidae), off Thoothukudi Coast of Gulf of Mannar
T. Vaitheeswaran
Tilapia Project-Hatchery Technical and Head, Victoria Treasures Limited, BUGABO BAY GARUGA on Victoria lake, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
Corresponding author Email: frs69@rediffmail.com
International Journal of Aquaculture, 2017, Vol. 7, No.12 doi: 10.5376/ija.2017.07.0012
Received: 13 Jul., 2017
Accepted: 08 Aug., 2017
Published: 15 Aug., 2017
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Vaitheeswaran T., 2017, Sicyonia parajaponica, a rare record of rock shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeoidea: Sicyoniidae), off Thoothukudi coast of Gulf of
Mannar, International Journal of Aquaculture, 7(12): 83-85 (doi: 10.5376/ija.2017.07.0012)
Abstract Earlier records of deep sea rock shrimp Sicyonia parajaponica are from off Chennai, northern part of southeast coast and
off Kollam, southwest coast of India. The present report of Sicyonia parajaponica off Thoothukudi waters in Gulf of Mannar extends
its distribution further south along southeast coast. It occurred at a depth of 310 m. It has been reported from Gulf of Aden, Phuket in
the Andaman Sea, the Philippines, Australia, China and Taiwan.
Keywords Sicyonia parajaponica; Sicyoniidae; Thoothukudi coast; Gulf of Mannar
1 Introduction
Genus Sicyonia H. Milne Edwards (1830) has wide distribution in Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and
Mediterranean Sea and contains 52 species (De Grave and Fransen, 2011), of which, four species, namely,
Sicyonia fallax (De Man, 1907), S. lancifer (Olivier, 1811), S. longicauda (Rathbun 1906) and S. parjaponica
(Crosnier, 2003) were reported from Indian waters (Kurian, 1953; George, 1966; Muthu, 1968, Kathirvel et al.,
2007; Thirumilu, 2011; Radhakrishnan et al., 2012; Shanis et al., 2013; Chakraborty, 2017). While observing the
deep sea catch landed at Thoothukudi, one specimen belonged to Sicyonia parajaponica was obtained and its
record from Gulf of Mannar is reported here.
2 Material Examined
Every year, the deep sea fishing in Gulf of Mannar is confined to 4 months, from December to March. A single
male specimen measuring 107 mm in total length, 18 mm in carapace length and weighing 15 g was found among
the deep sea fish and crustaceans landed at Thoothukudi Fisheries harbour in March 2016. S. parajaponica the
single specimen was collected from Thoothukudi fishing harbor, India, between 08° 52’12.1”N 78° 47’ 34.7”E. It
was learnt that the deep sea trawling took place off Thoothukudi at a depth of 310 m, where the sea bottom was
sandy with broken molluscan shells.
3 Systematic Position
Phylum Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848
Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772
Superclass Multicrustacea Regier, Shultz, Zwick, Hussey, Ball, Wetzer, Martin and Cunningham, 2010
Class Malacosreaca Latreille, 1802
Subclass Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Suborder Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888
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Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898
Genus Sicyonia H. Milne Edwards, 1830
Species Sicyonia parajaponica Crosnier, 2003 (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Dorsal view of Sicyonia parajaponica
4 Synonyms
Sicyonia japonica Yu and Chan 1986, p. 56
Liu and Zhong 1988, p. 249, fig. 150
Crosnier 1995, p. 193
Sicyonia parajaponica Crosnier, 2003, p. 226, fig. 10 A-C, 11, 12 A-C and 106 E-F
Thirumilu, 2011, p. 12, fig. 2 a-b
Radhakrishnan et al., 2012, p. 56
Shanis et al., 2013, p. 131, fig. 1, 2 A and B, 3 A and B
Chakraborty, 2017, p. 156
5 Remarks
In general, the present material agrees with the description given by Crosnier (2003) and Shanis et al. (2013). The
important characters observed are 1) both carapace and body robust, covered with scattered tubercles, their tip
marked with red dot, 2) rostral tip bidentate, 3) 5 rostral teeth behind hepatic spine as observed by Crosnier (2003),
Thirumilu (2011) and Shanis et al. (2013) a round red spot with white border near the posterior margin of
carapace.
6 Distribution
India: West coast: off Kollam (Shanis et al., 2013); East coast: off Chennai (Thirumilu, 2011). The present record
from off Thoothukudi, Gulf of Mannar is still further south along the southeast coast of India.
Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Aden, off Phuket in Andaman Sea, the Philippines, China, Taiwan and Australia (Crosnier,
2003).
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Acknowledgements
The author is thankful to Thiru M. Kathirvel, former Principal Scientist of Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (I.C.A.R.),
Chennai, for complete critical reading of the manuscript and helpful suggestion for its improvement.
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