Manual for the Determination
of Egg Fertility in Penaeus monodon

Michael R. Hall, Neil Young, and Matt Kenway	Penaeus monodon breeding stock Photo: Matt Kenway, AIMS
PMB No 3, Townsville Mail Centre Qld 4810, Australia	PO Box 222, Deakin West ACT 2600, Australia

CONTENTS

Introduction

Section I - Breeding biology of Penaeus monodon
Preface
Ovarian development 1
Ovarian development 2
Ovarian development 3
Ovarian development 4
Ovarian development 5
Mating
Spawning
References

Section II - Development of the egg: Post-fertilisation to hatching
Preface
Video 1 - Low resolution QuickTime movie (770Kb)
Video 2 - Medium resolution AVI movie (2.78Mb)
Time after spawning 0-30 minutes
Time after spawning 1 hour
Time after spawning 1 hour 30 minutes
Time after spawning 2 hours
Time after spawning 3-4 hours
Time after spawning 5-6 hours
Time after spawning 7-8 hours
Time after spawning 9-10 hours
Time after spawning 11-12 hours
Time after spawning 13 hours

Section III - Distinguishing fertilised and unfertilised eggs
Preface
Differentiating 1 Differentiating Between Fertilised and Unfertilised Eggs
Differentiating 2 Fertilised Eggs
Differentiating 3 Unfertilised Eggs
Difficulties 1 Mixture of Fertilised and Unfertilised Eggs
Difficulties 2 Egg Membranes
Difficulties 3 Developmental Abnormalities 1
Difficulties 4 Developmental Abnormalities 2
Difficulties 5 Developmental Abnormalities 3

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