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Table 2 Survival rate (SR) and number of setigers of M. sanguinea juvenile by feeds (2 months)

From: Appropriate feeding for early juvenile stages of eunicid polychaete Marphysa sanguinea

Trials

Group

Amount of feed (per 3000 individuals)

SR (%)

Number of setigers

Shrimp feed

A

5 mg

1.00 ± 0.01

23.66 ± 1.25

B

10 mg

0.45 ± 0.30

23.58 ± 2.58

C

50 mg

11.81 ± 1.77

24.26 ± 3.78

D

100 mg

3.65 ± 0.29

31.13 ± 4.95

Eel feed

A

5 mg

0.21 ± 0.01

26.10 ± 2.19

B

10 mg

3.37 ± 1.40

20.33 ± 1.41

C

50 mg

11.92 ± 3.28

21.80 ± 1.17

D

100 mg

6.70 ± 1.82

22.46 ± 0.80

Decapsulated Artemia

A

5 mg

1.67 ± 0.54

29.66 ± 3.65

B

10 mg

9.45 ± 1.33

23.10 ± 2.59

C

50 mg

33.88 ± 2.54

25.03 ± 0.32

D

100 mg

11.62 ± 2.98

33.43 ± 3.20

Benthic diatom

A

1 × 104 cell

0

 

B

1 × 105 cell

0

 

C

1 × 106 cell

0

 

D

1 × 107 cell

0.2 ± 0.1

22.00 ± 3.07

Mixed microalgae

A

1 × 104 cell

0

 

B

1 × 105 cell

0

 

C

1 × 106 cell

0

 

D

1 × 107 cell

0.03

18.67 ± 3.06