External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles

Aim: Despite their well-known strategy of brooding in male pouches, survival of early juveniles of seahorses still represents a significant bottleneck to its population survival. This study aimed to address the feeding and digestive efficiency of early Hippocampus kuda in order to improve their surv...

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Principais autores: Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh, Romano, Nicholas, Arshad, Aziz, Wong, Nur Leena Wai Sin, Teh, Jun Chin
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:88937 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88937/ External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh Romano, Nicholas Arshad, Aziz Wong, Nur Leena Wai Sin Teh, Jun Chin Aim: Despite their well-known strategy of brooding in male pouches, survival of early juveniles of seahorses still represents a significant bottleneck to its population survival. This study aimed to address the feeding and digestive efficiency of early Hippocampus kuda in order to improve their survival. Methodology: The external and gut morphology of H. kuda juveniles in the immediate period after being released from the brood pouch (0–9 day-afterbirth) were examined and described through histological and microscopic. Results: Unlike premature seahorses with a round-shaped yolk sac attached to their semi-transparent body, the normal newborns had no external yolk sac but some yolk residues were observed internally. Although the mouth gape size, mouth area, height and tail length grew bigger and longer in the older juveniles, the intestine length increased isometrically with height. Ingested live food was poorly digested in early juveniles and some Artemia nauplii were found to be still alive in the excreta. Interpretation: Overall, the results indicated that the early feeding of H. kudawas highly inefficient. Depletion of remnant yolk in H. kuda suggested partial lecithotrophy during the first two days. These findings prov ide an important insight for developing nursing methods for this seahorse species. Triveni Enterprises 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88937/1/KUDA.pdf Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh and Romano, Nicholas and Arshad, Aziz and Wong, Nur Leena Wai Sin and Teh, Jun Chin (2020) External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles. Journal of Environmental Biology, 41 (5). 1138 - 1146. ISSN 0254-8704; ESSN: 2394-0379 http://www.jeb.co.in/index.php?page=abstract&issue=202009_sep20_spl&number=5 10.22438/jeb/41/5(SI)/MS_04
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description Aim: Despite their well-known strategy of brooding in male pouches, survival of early juveniles of seahorses still represents a significant bottleneck to its population survival. This study aimed to address the feeding and digestive efficiency of early Hippocampus kuda in order to improve their survival. Methodology: The external and gut morphology of H. kuda juveniles in the immediate period after being released from the brood pouch (0–9 day-afterbirth) were examined and described through histological and microscopic. Results: Unlike premature seahorses with a round-shaped yolk sac attached to their semi-transparent body, the normal newborns had no external yolk sac but some yolk residues were observed internally. Although the mouth gape size, mouth area, height and tail length grew bigger and longer in the older juveniles, the intestine length increased isometrically with height. Ingested live food was poorly digested in early juveniles and some Artemia nauplii were found to be still alive in the excreta. Interpretation: Overall, the results indicated that the early feeding of H. kudawas highly inefficient. Depletion of remnant yolk in H. kuda suggested partial lecithotrophy during the first two days. These findings prov ide an important insight for developing nursing methods for this seahorse species.
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author Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh
Romano, Nicholas
Arshad, Aziz
Wong, Nur Leena Wai Sin
Teh, Jun Chin
spellingShingle Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh
Romano, Nicholas
Arshad, Aziz
Wong, Nur Leena Wai Sin
Teh, Jun Chin
External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
author_facet Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh
Romano, Nicholas
Arshad, Aziz
Wong, Nur Leena Wai Sin
Teh, Jun Chin
author_sort Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh
title External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
title_short External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
title_full External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
title_fullStr External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
title_full_unstemmed External and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
title_sort external and internal morphology, and feeding ability of yellow seahorse hippocampus kuda (bleeker, 1852) early juveniles
publisher Triveni Enterprises
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88937/1/KUDA.pdf
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