Larval culture of freshwater prawn

The nutritional status of the M. idella idella is not inferior to already studied commercially important Palaemonid prawns. The survival rate of seeds is also more than 70%. The seed production technology followed in the present study is very simple and highly suitable for small scale farmers. So it is suggested that M. idella idella will be a best alternative species for the bigger sized prawns (M. rosenbergii and M. malcomsoni).