FATTY-ACID AND AMINO-ACID-COMPOSITION OF 2 FAIRY SHRIMP SPECIES (CRUSTACEA, ANOSTRACA) FROM ITALY - CHIROCEPHALUS-DIAPHANUS AND CHIROCEPHALUS-KERKYRENSIS

Authors
MURA G VENANZI P AVALLE V QUAGLIA GB
Citation
G. Mura et al., FATTY-ACID AND AMINO-ACID-COMPOSITION OF 2 FAIRY SHRIMP SPECIES (CRUSTACEA, ANOSTRACA) FROM ITALY - CHIROCEPHALUS-DIAPHANUS AND CHIROCEPHALUS-KERKYRENSIS, Hydrobiologia, 286(3), 1994, pp. 149-154
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
286
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
149 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1994)286:3<149:FAAO2F>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The fairy shrimps Chirocephalus kerkyrensis and C. diaphanus show a hi gh EFA concentration as compared with other marine and freshwater orga nisms. Based on its 18:3w3 and 20:5w3 FA pattern, C. kerkyrensis is co mparable with marine-type Artemia; C. diaphanus, on the contrary, is r ich in both these essential fatty acids. Both species contain 22:6w3, a fatty acid seldom found in Artemia.