Research Article

Evaluation of Krill Meal in Commercial Diets for Juvenile Swimming Crab (Portunus trituberculatus)

Table 10

Fatty acid composition in the hepatopancreas of Portunus trituberculatus fed with diets with different replacement levels of FM with KM.

Fatty acids (mg g-1)Replacement levels of FM with KM
010%20%30%

14 : 0aabbcc
16 : 0aaab
18 : 0
20 : 0
∑SFAaaabbcc
16:1n-7abb
18:1n-9
20:1n-9cbaa
22:1n-11aabb
∑MUFAb
18:2n-6bcaba
18:3n-6
20:2n-6
20:4n-6babba
∑n-6 PUFAcbcaba
18:3n-3cbaba
18:4n-3
20:4n-3
20:5n-3aabb
22:5n-3abcbc
22:6n-3babaa
∑n-3 PUFAd
Total
EPA+DHA
DHA/EPAecbaa

The . Difference of superscript letters in the same row indicate statistical significance (). aSFA: saturated fatty acids; bMUFA: mono-unsaturated fatty acids; cn-6 PUFA: n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids; dn-3 PUFA: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; eDHA/EPA: the ratio of 22:6n-3 to 20:5n-3.