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Embryology of African giant freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium vollenhovenii

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The current study aimed to describe the embryonic development of Macrobrachium vollenhovenii. Male and female begetters were captured from the coastal lagoon of Grand-Popo and then reared in a pond. At total 83,323 eggs were spawned by the chosen female (weighting 60.51 g and measuring 153 mm) with an average fecundity rate of 81.6%. The embryogeny started in the abdomen of gravid female until hatching. Eggs incubation was performed at 28 ± 1.5 °C with dissolved oxygen concentration of 6 ± 0.5 mg L−1 and pH 7 ± 0.3. The duration of embryonic development of M. vollenhovenii was 14 days. Results showed that the embryonic development of M. vollenhovenii was concomitant to the variations of eggs colour. Macroscopically, fertilized eggs formed a cluster of which colour turned from orange to yellow and then brown pigmented before ending to grey. Microscopic observation of fertilized eggs showed after mitotic stage, the making up of ocular pigments and then appendices and finally larvae occurrence. 312 h (13 days) after spawning, the heart of the embryo beat continuously at a rhythm of about 13 beats per minute.

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The authors thank the manager and the team of the Laboratory of Research on Wetlands of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Abomey-Calavi Benin. We warmly thank Professor Guy Apollinaire MENSAH, Dr. Richard ADANDE, Dr. Comlan Ephrem TOSSAVI, Dr. Juste Vital VODOUNOU, Dr. Sèdjro Martin Arnauld DJISSOU, and PhD students Yaovi ZOUNON and Théophile GODOMEY for their advice. We also thank the fishermen who helped catch shrimp.

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  1. Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Zones Humides, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526, Cotonou, République du Bénin

    Sèlomè Wilfried Sintondji, Dogbè Clément Adjahouinou & Emile Didier Fiogbe

  2. Unité de Recherche en Aquaculture et Biologie et Ecologie Aquatiques, Ecole d’Aquaculture, Université Nationale d’Agriculture, BP 55, Porto-Novo, République du Bénin

    Dogbè Clément Adjahouinou

  3. Direction de la Production Halieutique, 01 BP 383, Cotonou, République du Bénin

    Gaston Antoine Djihinto

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Sintondji, S.W., Adjahouinou, D.C., Djihinto, G.A. et al. Embryology of African giant freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium vollenhovenii. Biologia 75, 93–101 (2020). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00280-5

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