Morphometric characteristics of crayfish, Cherax gherardiae, from Maybrat, West Papua, Indonesia

Sedik, Yulianus; Rumahlatu, Dominggus; Irawan, Bambang; Soegianto, Agoes

doi:10.2478/aopf-2018-0025

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to determine the length-weight relationships (LWRs), chelae length (ChL)-width (ChW) relationships, carapace length (CL)-width (CW) relationships, sexual dimorphism, and condition factor (K) of Cherax gherardiae from Maybrat, West Papua Indonesia. The sex ratio of C. gherardiae was found to be 1.04:1. The LWRs for males, females, and all individuals were W = 0.225L^1.96, W = 0.181L^2.02, and W = 0.187L^2.03, respectively. Males and females exhibited negative allometric growth (b<3). There was no significant difference in lengths between males and females; however, the weight of males was greater than that of females. The K values for males, females, and all individuals were 3.17, 3.09, and 3.13, respectively. The ChL of the crayfish ranged from 1.0 to 7.5 cm, and the ChW ranged from 0.4 to 2.5 cm. The CL of crayfish ranged from 1.6 to 6.0 cm, and the CW ranged from 0.6 to 4.1 cm. Males had longer chelae and carapaces than did females. There was no significant difference in chelae width or carapace width between males and females. The ChL-ChW relationships for males, females, and all individuals were ChW = 0.312ChL + 0.260, ChW = 0.397ChL - 0.050, and ChW = 0.345ChL + 0.119, respectively. The CL-CW relationships for males, females, and all individuals were CW = 0.750CL-0.955, CW = 0.526CL - 0.178, and CW = 0.635CL-0.543, respectively.

References

Abrahamsson S.A.A. 1971 – Density, growth and reproduction in populations of Astacus astacus and Pacifastacus leniusculus in an isolated pond – Oikos 22: 373-380.10.2307/3543861
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Acosta C.A., Perry S.A. 2000 – Differential growth of crayfish Procambarus alleni in relation to hydrological conditions in marl prairie wetlands of Everglades National Park, USA – Aquat. Ecol. 34: 389-395.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Alekhnovich A.V., Ablov S.E., Kulesh V.F., Pareiko O.A. 1999 – The American spiny-cheek crayfish, Orconectes limosus in the fauna of Belarus – In: Crayfish in Europe as alien species – How to make the best of a bad situation? (Eds) F. Gherardi, D.M. Holdich, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield: 237-242.10.1201/9781315140469-15
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Anderson W.E., Simon T.P. 2015 – Length-weight Relationship, Body Morphometrics, and Condition Based on Sexual Stage in the Rusty Crayfish, Orconectes rusticus Girard, 1852 (Decapoda, Cambaridae) with Emphasis on Management Implications – Fish. Aquac. J. 6: 3.10.4172/2150-3508.1000129
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Austin C.M. 1995 – Length-weight relationships of cultured species of Australian freshwater crayfish of the genus Cherax – Freshw. Crayfish 10: 410-418.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Aydin H., Harlioglu M.M., Deniz T. 2015 – An investigation on the population parameters of freshwater crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Esch., 1823) in Lake Iznik (Bursa) – Turk. J. Zool. 39: 660-668.10.3906/zoo-1406-6
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Capurro M., Galli L., Mori M., Salvidio S., Arillo A. 2007 – The signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) [Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidae], in the Brugneto Lake (Liguria, NW Italy). The beginning of the invasion of the River Po watershed? – Aquat. Invasions 2: 17-24.10.3391/ai.2007.2.1.2
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Chien Y.H., Avault J.W.Jr. 1983 – Effects of flooding dates and disposals of rice straw on crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard), culture in rice fields – Aquaculture 31: 339-359.10.1016/0044-8486(83)90324-1
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Chybowski Ł. 2007 – Morphometrics, fecundity, density, and feeding intensity of the spiny cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus (Raf.) in natural conditions – Arch. Pol. Fish. 15: 175-241.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Chybowski Ł. 2014 – Morphometric differentiation in four populations of signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana), in Poland – Arch. Pol. Fish. 22: 229-233.10.2478/aopf-2014-0023
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Deniz (Bok) T., Harlioglu M.M., Deval M.C. 2010 – A study on the morphometric characteristics of Astacus leptodactylus inhabiting the Thrace region of Turkey – Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst. 397: 05 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2010021.10.1051/kmae/2010021
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Fenouil E., Chaix J.C. 1985 – Biological cycle and behavior of a population of Austropotamobius pallipes – Ecol. Mediterr. 11: 3-24.10.3406/ecmed.1985.1096
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Froese R. 2006 – Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations – J. Appl. Ichthyol. 22: 241-253.10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00805.x
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Gherardi F., Villanelli F., Dardi P. 1997 – Behavioural ecology of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, in a Tuscan stream: preliminary results – Freshw. Crayfish 11: 182-193.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Grandjean F., Cornuault B., Archambault S., Brandmard M., Otrebsky G. 2000 – Life history and population biology of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, in a brook from the Poitou-Charentes Region (France) – Bull. Fr. Pęche Piscicult. 356: 55-70.10.1051/kmae:2000004
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Hobbs H.H.Jr., Jass, J.P., Huner J.V. 1989 – A review of global crayfish introductions with particular emphasis on two North American species (Decapoda, Cambaridae) – Crustaceana 56: 229-316.10.1163/156854089X00275
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holdich D.M. 2001 – Biology of Freshwater Crayfish – Oxford England: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 512 p.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holthuis L.B. 1949 – Decapoda Macrura with a revision of the New Guinea Parastacidae. Zoological Results of the Dutch New Guinea Expedition 1939. No. 3 – Nova Guinea 5: 289-330.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holthuis L.B. 1956 – Native fisheries of freshwater Crustacea in Netherlands New Guinea. Contributions to New Guinea Carcinology. I. – Nova Guinea 7: 123-137.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holthuis L.B. 1958 – Freshwater Crayfish in Netherlands New Guinea Mountains – South Pacific Commission Quarterly Bulletin 8: 36-39.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holthuis L.B. 1982 – Freshwater Crustacea Decapoda of New Guinea – In: Biogeography and ecology of New Guinea, vol. 2 (Ed.) J.L. Gressitt, Monographiae Biologicae 42: 603-619.10.1007/978-94-009-8632-9_28
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holthuis L.B. 1986 – The freshwater crayfish of New Guinea – Freshw. Crayfish 6: 48-58.10.2307/1547929
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Holthuis L.B. 1996 – Cherax (Astaconephrops) minor new species, a parastacid from the mountains of Irian Jaya (W. New Guinea) Indonesia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) – Zool. Med. Leiden 70: 361-366.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Huner J.V., Romaire R.P. 1979 – Size at maturity as a means of comparing populations of Procambarus clarkii (Girard) (Crustacea, Decapoda) from different habitats – Freshw. Crayfish 4: 53-64.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kirjavainen J., Westman K. 1999 – Natural history and development of the introduced signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, in a small, isolated Finnish lake, from 1968 to 1993 – Aquat. Living Res. 12: 387-401.10.1016/S0990-7440(99)00110-2
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lindqvist O.V., Lahti E. 1983 – On the sexual dimorphism and condition index in the crayfish, Astacus astacus L., in Finland – Freshw. Crayfish 5: 3-11.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Loughman Z.J., Simon T.P. 2011 – Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia’s Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae) – ZooKeys 74: 1-78.10.3897/zookeys.74.808308804021594135
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lukhaup C. 2015 – Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia – ZooKeys 502: 1-10.10.3897/zookeys.502.9800444358626019660
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lukhaup C., Pekny R. 2006 – Cherax holthuisi, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the centre of the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), Indonesia – Zool. Med. Leiden 80: 101-107.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lukhaup C., Pekny R. 2008 – Cherax (Astaconephrops) boesemani, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the centre of the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), Indonesia – Zool. Med. Leiden 82: 331-340.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lukhaup C., Herbert B. 2008 – Cherax peknyi sp. nov., a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Fly River Drainage, Western Province, Papua New Guinea – Mem. Queensl. Mus. 52: 213-219.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lukhaup C., Panteleit J., Schrimpf A. 2015 – Cherax snowden, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula in Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia – ZooKeys 518: 1-14.10.3897/zookeys.518.6127
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lukhaup C., Eprilurahman R., von Rintelen T. 2017 – Cherax warsamsonicus, a new species of crayfish from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) peninsula in West Papua, Indonesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) – ZooKeys 660: 151-167.10.3897/zookeys.660.11847
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Mac Gregoer J.S. 1959 – Relation between fish condition and population size in the sardine (Sardinops caerulea). U.S. Fishery Wild Service – Fish. Bull. 60: 215-230.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Maguire I., Klobucar G. 2011 – Size structure, maturity size, growth and condition index of stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium) in North-West Croatia – Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst. 401: 12 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/201102610.1051/kmae/2011026
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Mazlum Y., Eversole A.G. 2005 – Growth and survival of Procambarus acutus acutus (Girard, 1852) and P. clarkii (Girard, 1852) in competitive settings – Aquac. Res. 36: 537-545.10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01250.x
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Mazlum Y., Fatih M., Eversole, A. 2007 – Morphometric relationship of length weight and chelea length-width of eastern white river crayfish (Procambarus actus actus, Girard, 1852), under culture conditions – J. Appl. Ichthyol. 23: 616-620.10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.01015.x
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Milosevic D., Talevski T. 2016 – Length-weight relationship of 11 fish species from three natural and two artificial lakes in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) – Acta Zool. Bulg. 68: 391-394.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Nakata K., Goshima S. 2003 – Competition for shelter of preferred sizes between the native crayfish species Cambaroides japonicus and the alien crayfish species Pacifastacus leniusculus in Japan in relation to prior residence, sex difference, and body size – J. Crustac. Biol. 23: 897-907.10.1651/C-2411
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Patoka J., Blaha M., Kouba, A. 2015a – Cherax (Astaconephrops) gherardii, a new crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from West Papua, Indonesia – Zootaxa 3964: 526-536.10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.2
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Patoka J., Blaha M., Kouba A. 2015b – Cherax (cherax) subterigneus, a new crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from West Papua, Indonesia – J. Crustac. Biol. 35: 830-838.10.1163/1937240X-00002377
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Pauly D. 1993 – Editorial. Fishbyte section – Naga, ICLARM Quarterly 16: 26-27.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Ricker W.E. 1975 – Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations – Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 191: 1-382.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Romaire R.P., Forester J.S., Avault J.W.Jr. 1977 – Length-weight relationships of two commercially important crayfishes of the genus Procambarus – Freshw. Crayfish 3: 463-470.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Simon T.P., Stewart C.R. 2014 – Growth, length-weight relationships, and condition associated with gender and sexual stage in the invasive northern crayfish, Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 (Decapoda, Cambaridae – Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 123: 1-8.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Stein R.A. 1976 – Sexual dimorphism in crayfish chelae: functional significance linked to reproductive activities – Can. J. Zool. 54: 220-227.10.1139/z76-024
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Streissl F., Hodl W. 2002 – Growth, morphometrics, size at maturity, sexual dimorphism and condition index of Austropotamobius torrentium Schrank – Hydrobiologia 477: 201-208.10.1023/A:1021046426577
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Vorburger C., Ribi G. 1999 – Pacifastacus leniusculus and Austropotamobius torrentium prefer different substrates – Freshw. Crayfish 10: 696-704.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Wang Q., Yang W., Zhou G., Zhu Y., San H. 2011 – Length-weight and chelae length-width relationships of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii under culture conditions – J. Freshw. Ecol. 26: 287-294.10.1080/02705060.2011.564380
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Wetzel J.E. 2002 – Form alternation of adult female crayfishes of the genus Orconectes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) – Am. Midl. Nat. 147: 326-337.10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0326:FAOAFC]2.0.CO;2
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Weya J.M., Rumbiak N.S., Hariyanto S., Irawan B., Soegianto, A. 2017 – Length-weight relationship and condition factor of crayfish from South Sorong and Jayawijaya, Papua, Indonesia – Croat. J. Fish. 75: 18-24.10.1515/cjf-2017-0004
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Zar J.H. 1999 – Biostatistical analysis. 4th ed. – Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Morphometric characteristics of crayfish, Cherax gherardiae, from Maybrat, West Papua, Indonesia

Abstract

Paradigm

My account