Species composition of order stomatopoda (crustacea) and some biochemical aspects of two stomatopod species at visakhapatnam, east coast of india

The study recorded 26 stomatopod species belonging to 6 families and 11 genera in the trawl net by-catches at Visakhapatnam, east coast of India during February 2008 to January 2009. The family Squillidae (54.16%) was the dominant among the 6 families recorded. Species-wise composition showed that Oratosquilla anomala (34.34%) and Harpiosquilla harpax (29.80%) were the dominant species followed by Harpiosquilla annandalei (12.10%), Oratosquilla nepa (9.38%), Lophosquilla costata (4.83%) and remaining 21 species scarcely distributed in the trawl net by-catches. The mean values of biochemical constituents reported were protein (13.38%), lipid (3.58%), carbohydrate (0.28%) and ash (1.58%) in H. Harpax. The mean values of protein (13.78%), lipid (3.73%), carbohydrate (0.24%) and ash (1.35%) were reported in O. anomala.