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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).

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