Development of Enzymes and In Vitro Digestibility during Metamorphosis and Molting of Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus)

Figure 1

Growth in weight and carapace width of P. pelagicus during metamorphosis, at different larval stages (zoea, Z1–Z4; megalopa, Mp; first crab, C) and different adult stages (1M–4M). Vertical bars indicate ± SEM ( = 3–5). Interval % gain of weight and carapace width could not be calculated at 1M stage because no measurement was performed prior to this stage. The bars with different superscripts are significantly different ().