Review Article

Natural Biota’s Contribution to Cultured Aquatic Animals’ Growth in Aquaculture Cannot Be Ignored

Table 3

Zoobenthos genera recorded in aquaculture ponds.

GroupGenera (or species)

ChironomidaeChironomus and Pentaneura
OligochaetaAelosoma, Brachiura sowerbyi, Peloscolex ferox, and Tubifex tubifex
CeratoponogonidaeAmphizoa and Culiciodes
MolluscaAbra ovata, Akera bullata, Cerithidea cingulata, Cerithium coralium, Cerastoderma, Hydrobia ulvae, Hydrobia minoricensis, Hydrobia ventrose, Jujubinus striatus, Lymnaea, Napaeus, Planorbis, Rissoidae, Stenothyra, Thiara riqueti, and Viviparous bengalensis

Data are collected from studies of Carvalho et al. [74], Carvalho et al. [75], Drake and Arias [76], Fujioka et al. [77], Kirkagac and Demir [78], and Nupur et al. [79].