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Notice: © 1999 Design Publications. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Lin, J., Zhang, D., & Creswell, R. L. (1999). Marine ornamental : status and prospects. Aquaculture Magazine, 25(3), 52-55.

Shrimp:

Junda Lin, Dong Zhang, and R. LeRoy Creswell

ractically all of the over 3,000 species of marine collection challenging. This disparity between supply and demand and invertebrates marketed in the aquarium trade has resulted in premium prices ranging from several dollars to $20 per industry are collected from ecosystems. shrimp. Extensive and destructive collection of these can Many attempts have been directed to the cultivation of these directly deplete the target species that already under in recent years, mainly at species of Lysmata and (de Castro threat from habitat loss or degradation and indirectly and Jory 1983; Young 1979, Fletcher et al. 1995; Creswell and Lin damage · the delicate coral reef 1997, Zhang 1997, Zhangetal. ecosyste:m. Over·18 species of marine 1997a, 1997b, 1998a, 1998b, tropical shrimps are collected for . the 1998c; Simoes et a!. 1998). aquarium trade (Fletcher et al. 1995). Some species are found to be Many of these . species are cleaner · not feasible for commercial shrimps that remove parasites off , • aquaculture, at least at present therefore play a vital role in coral time. For example, Periclimenes ecology (Jonasson 1987, Debelius ;;;...... :;;:.;;.;...;;;..;.;'-'=~pedersoni (Peterson's cleaning 1984, 1985, Wilkerson 1994). To attract fish, these shrimps establish shrimp) and P. yucatanicus (spotted cleaning shrimp) are less popular "cleaning stations", perform characteristic swaying movements and in the aquarium trade market (small in size) and it is difficult to signal with their long brightly colored antennae (Fletcher et al. 1995). maintain the broodstock (Creswell and Lin 1997). Larviculn.ire of Cleaner shrimps are small (a few em as adults), delicate, and strikingly Stenopus hispidus (banded coral shrimp, see below for details) and of colorful. As adults, they are relatively easy to maintain in a marine Lysmata grabhami (scarlet lady shrimp) are difficult to complete with aquarium environment (e.g. Strynchuk 1990, Wilkerson 1994). These significant survivorship. shrimps are not abundant on coral reefs and their delicate nature makes These shrimps are relatively easy to spawn in captivity. Like in AQUACULTURE NETTING, fitf( SIZE! ANYTIME!

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52 ------..,...------Aquaculture Magazine May/June 1999 penaeid shrimps, eyestalk ablation can be used ro shorten the molt stress may trigger aggressive behavior between a pair of L. debe/ius interval and to stimulate gonad development in Stenopus hispidus (Fernando Simoes, pers. comm.). (Zhang et al. 1997a), and maybe in other species as well. For these Larvae hatch as zoeas. There are seven zoea stages, followed by six species, each female can produce several mysis stages (Fletcher et al. 1995, Zhang hundred to a couple of thousand eggs et al. 1998c, unpublished data) . Both during each spawn and carries the Artemia nauplii and rotifer can be used embryos under her abdomen until the to feed the shrimp larvae, withArtemia larvae hatch 10 to 15 days later nauplii (optimal density at about 3/ml) (Fletcher et a!. 1995; Simoes et a!. resulting in faster growth (development) 1998; Zhang et al . 1998b). The color and/or better survivorship for the of egg mass gradually change from shrimps (Zhang et al. 1998c). About green or dark green to creamy white or 100-150 Artemia nauplii should be silver and the eyespots appear 4-5 days provided to each Lysmata larva per day before larvae hatch (Wilkerson 1994, (Zhang et a!. 1998c). The larval Dong Zhang, unpublished data). duration (from hatching to posdarva) Within several to 48.· h after hatching, varies from 25-40 days for Lysmata the female shrimp molts, then mating wurdemanni (Zhang et al. 1998c), 77- and spawning can occur again (Fletcher . . . . 119 days for L. debe/ius and 140 days et al. 1995; Zhang et al. 1998b). The Matmg_ ofbanded coral shrtmps, Stenopus hispidus. photographed for L. ambionensir (Fletcher et al. 1995). shrimps can spawn throughout the year by Chrtsty Ambrose. For L. wurdemanni, larvae grown in or much of the year in captivity. Therefore the potential for producing smaller vessels (41 glass borde) had higher survivorship th

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Customized solutions for the aquaculture professional through our worldwide network of specialists RS No602 Aouaculture Maaazine Mav/June 1999 - separate. Females are generally larger with broader body and the third described above. However, in contrast to L. wurdemanni larvae of pair of pleopods (swimming legs) has more setae (Strynchuck 1990). Stenopus species survived berrer in larger ranks (25-1 and 70-1) than in In contrast to Lysmata, species of Stenopus have a pair of ferocious small 4-1 glass borde (Zhang 1997) . Low concentrations of GABA ).I.- claws and may arrack other shrimps, aminobutyric acid), a even a prospective mate (Debelius 1985, neurotransmitter, is found to Strynchuck 1990). The pair forming stimulate molting and increase may require elaborate techniques survivorship in the larvae of golden (Strynchuck 1990). The female is banded coral shrimp. Survivorship generally the aggressor. One effective for all treatments is low for these way to pair a male and female without larvae cultured in the 4-1 bottles. cannibalism is to place a male into the Surprisingly, GABAofhigh (l0-3 M) tank of a female when she molts and intermediate (lo-s M) (Strynchuck 1990). However, we have concentrations resulted in complete encountered little cannibalism in the larval mortality of four replicates in pairing of the species in our studies. each of the two trials. Currently, it is Mating and spawning can be divided not feasible to commercially culture into five steps for S. hispidus (banded banded coral shrimp as the coral shrimp) (Zhang et al. 1998b, Fig. Mating ofgolden banded coral shrimps, Stenopus hispidus. (Photo survivorship of a complete 2) and S. scutel!atus (golden banded coral credit: Christy Ambrose) larviculture is very low (Creswell and shrimp, Figure 3) (Dong Zhang, pers. Lin 1997). However, it is possible observ.). The only difference between the two species is that ~e to mass produceS. scutellatus as the survivorship of complete larviculture copulation lasts for about 10 seconds inS. hispidus, but only about 5 can be up to 50% (Zhang et aL 1997b). seconds in S. scutel!atus. Although it is feasible to culture several species of Lysmata and Larvae do not hatch as nauplii nor as protozoea, but the first zoea Stenopus scutel!atus, some obstacles remain for the mass production. resembles the mysis stage of Penaeid shrimps (Seridji 1990). There For example, there are considerable variations in larval production are adeast 9 larval stages (Lebour 1941). The biggest challenge for success and efficiency (larval duration) _ Sometimes eggs aie prematurely culturi.ng these two species is the long larval duration: 119-210 days aborted before hatching. Some larvae from captive b~oodstock have for Stenopus hispidus (Fletcher et al. 1995, Dong Zhang, unpublished difficulty separating from the old exoskeleton during molting. We data) and 43-77 days for S. scutel!atus (Zhang et al. 1997b). The also found that larvae spawned from wild broodstock have higher protocol to culture Stenopus species is similar to that for Lysmata species survival rates and shorter larval duration than those from broodstock

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54 ------Aquaculture Magazine May/June 1999 nous on the genus and tht systtmatic position of tht Stmopoditka aJ reveakd by larval kept in captivity (fed with frozen Artemia and squid). Simoes et al. charactm . Sci. Mar. 54(3}:293-303. (1998) found that among the several diets fed to broodstocks of Lysmata Simoes, F., F. Ribeiro, and D. A . jones, 1998. The effict of diet on the reproductive debe/ius, average (s.d.) brood size produced for those fed with live perfonnanu ofmarin e ckaner shrimps Lysmara debelius (Bruu 1983) andL. amboinensis Artemia nauplii, frozen Artemia naup!ii (enriched with unsaturated (Dt Man 1888), (, Hippolytidat) in captivity. Book of Absrracrs, Aquacul­ tur/98, World Aquaculture Socitty Meeting, Las ~gas, USA, Ftbruary. 1998. fatty acids), frozen Artemia (without enrichment), and fresh mussel Strynchuk, }. 1990. An insight into tht mating habits of the banded coral shrimp. . and polychaete are: (1766 (391), 1553 (224), 1019 (276), and 486 Freshwater and Marine Aquariums. Octobtr. (254), respectively. However, for a related species, L. ambionensis, Wilk=on,}. D. 1994. Scarkt ckaner shrimp. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium. broodstock shrimps fed the enriched August. Young, F. 1979. Spawning and rearing ofthe frozen Anemia produced similar CLEANER SHRIMPS ARE SMALL bantkd coral shrimp. Freshwater and Marine number of larvae (average 496) as (A FEW CM AS ADULTS), Aquariums. March. those fed with fresh mussel and DELICATE, AND STRIKINGLY Zhang, D. 1997 Spaawning and larval cul­ polychaete (average 497). COLORFUL. AS ADULTS, THEY ture of three ornamental marine shrimps, Identification of appropriate Stenopus hispidus, Srenopus scutellarus, and ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO Lysmara wurdemanni. M.S. thesis, FloridA In­ broodstock diet(s) for each shrimp MAINTAIN IN A MARINE stitute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, species is needed to assure reliability AQUARIUM ENVIRONMENT. 108pp. and consisten9' of ~hrimp production. Zhang, D.,}. Lin, and R L. Creswell, 1997a. References Effict ofryestalk ablation on molt cyck andre­ Bauer.. R T. and G. j. Holt, 1998. Simultaneous hermaphroditism in the marine shrimp production ofbantkd coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus (Oliver). }. Shel/foh Res. 16·363- Lysmata wurdemanni {Caritka: Hippolytidllt): an untkscribed socual system in the tkca­ 366 pod Crustaaa. Marine Biology 132:223-235. Zhang, D.,}. Lin, and R L. Creswell, 1997b. Larviculture and effict offood on larval Creswt/1, R L. and j. Lin, 1997 Cultivation ofornamental marine shrimp for the salt­ survival and tkvelopment in golden coral shrimp Stenopus scurellatus. }. Shel/foh Res. waur aquarium industry. Technical Report to Flon'dll Sea Grant. 16:367-369. tk Castro, A. and D. E. }ory. 1983. Preliminary experiments on the culture ofthe bantkd Zhang, D., }. Lin, and R L. Creswrll, 1998a. Ingestion rau and fading bthavior ofthe coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. j. Aquat. Sci. 3(5):84-89. Debe/ius, H. 1984. Ar­ ptppennint shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni on Anemia nauplii. }. World Aquaculture n:ored knights ofthe sea. ~a!ity Marine, Los Angeles, CA. Socitty. 29{1):97-103. Debe/ius, H. I 985. Cleaner shrimps of the genus Lysmata. Freshwater and Marine Zhang, D., j. Lin, and R L. Creswtl/, 1998b. Mating and pawning of bantkd coral Aquarium. July, p.21 shrimp Stenopus hispidus in tht laboratory. j. Crustauan Biology 18(3): Fkichtr, D. j., l Kotter, M. Wunsch, and l YaJir, 1995. Preliminary observations on the Zhang, D. j. Lin, and R. L. Creswell, 1998c. Effict offood and temperature on larval rtproductive biology ofornamental ckaner . Int. Zoo!. Yb. 34:73-77 survival and tkvelopment in the ptppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni). j. World }onasson, M. 1987 Fish ckaning behaviour ofshrimp . j. Zoo!. , Lond. 213:117-13 1. Aquaculture Society. 29(4}:471-476 Lebour, M. V 1941. The sunopodid larvae of Btnnudll. In: Gurney, R. and M. V Junda Lin, Ph.D, is a Professor at the Department of Lebour. On the larvae of certain Crustacea M acrura mainly ftom Bunnuda. j. Limn. Biology at the Scientific Institute of Technology. He Soc. Lond. ZooL, 41, pp:164-181. Seridji, R. Dtscription ofsome planktonic larval stages ofStenopus spinosus Risso, 1826· may be reached via e·mail at [email protected] More Bang For Your Buck.

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