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The Current Status of the Morphological Classification of Rotifer Strains Used in Aquaculture

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Abstract

Morphological variations of euryhaline rotifers Brachionus, including lorica size and form, have been recognized since they have been used as the live food for finfish larvae. Based on these morphological variations, rotifer populations were divided into different morphotypes. Finfish larvae ingest suitable size of feed fitting to their mouth size. Therefore, the size of rotifer fed to larval fishes should also be optimum for the larval mouth. Newly aquacultured fish species increased dramatically; thus, rotifers with optimum size for these species are required. In order to obtain such rotifers, the search for a new type or population and artificial manipulation to change the size has been attempted. Consequently, the newly found and developed rotifer species for aquaculture were applied to the larval rearing of fish species with small mouth. Up to date, cross-mating is the only method to develop new rotifer strains. Therefore, strict management is necessary to avoid the contamination among different rotifer species and strains.

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Kotani, T. (2017). The Current Status of the Morphological Classification of Rotifer Strains Used in Aquaculture. In: Hagiwara, A., Yoshinaga, T. (eds) Rotifers. Fisheries Science Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5635-2_1

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