MUD LOBSTER THALASSINA (LATREILLE, 1806) (DECAPODA: THALASSINIDAE) IN TANJUNG TIRAM DISTRICT SOUTH KONAWE REGENCY, SOUTHEAST SULAWESI
ABSTRACT: This research aims
to identify mudlobster species in Tanjung Tiram District, Southeast Sulawesi.
Based on the identification, all specimens caught was belong to the species of
Thalassina anomala (Herbst, 1804). Morphological characteristics of T. anomala
distinguishing from other types Thalassina: 1) Rostrum triangular shape,
rounded and serrated along its lateral border; 2) Dorsomedian tubercless on
carapace extending up to the dorsal part of the first abdominal somite; 3)
Abdominal sternite 2-5 on pleopod to have a tubercless in the middle (median
line), 4) Pereopod 1have 13-20 tubercless on the inner side of the propodal and
along the lateral side of the propodus, and 5) On males, petasma without
proximal spine and rounded tip wide without setae.The finding of T. anomalain
mangrove forest (intertidal zone) of Tanjung Tiram was basically cause by the
distribution of this species in the world wide is widely distributed than other
species from the genus of thalassina.
Keywords: Identification,
Species, Thalassina, Tanjung Tiram (Southeast Sulawesi) Morphology, Mudlobster,
T. anomala
Penulis: Muhammad Fajar
Purnama, La Ode Alirman Afu
Kode Jurnal: jpperikanandd170063
