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The length of the crystalline style of Perna viridis in relation to shell length, shell width and shell height : data for future reference.


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Yap, Chee Kong and Edward Thomas, Franklin Berandah and Tan, Soon Guan (2010) The length of the crystalline style of Perna viridis in relation to shell length, shell width and shell height : data for future reference. Journal of Sustainability of Science and Management, 5 (1). pp. 39-46. ISSN 1823-8556

Abstract

The crystalline style (CS) is a gelatinous rod-like body that contains starch-digesting enzymes in the hemolymph of the bivalves. The lengths of the CS, shell lengths, shell widths and shell heights of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis, collected from seven sampling sites in southern coastal waters of Peninsular Malaysia, were measured. The lengths of CS in relation to shell length, shell width and shell height were 72-73%, 211-218% and 154-157%, respectively. The correlation analysis indicated that the length of CS is positively and significantly (P< 0.001) correlated to the shell length (R= 0.81), shell width (R= 0.82) and shell height (R= 0.64). The percentages of the CS length to the shell parameters could be potentially used to identify the different mussel species since different mussel species have a specific CS length to the shell length. The present findings can serve as an important reference for comparative purpose with other bivalve species.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Faculty of Science
Publisher: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Keywords: Crystalline style length; Shell size; Perna viridis.
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2014 02:50
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2015 01:21
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17237
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