Perbedaan Metode Mutilasi Terhadap Lama Waktu Molting Scylla serrata

  • Ario R
  • Djunaedi A
  • Pratikto I
  • et al.
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Abstract

Kepiting bakau (Scylla serrata) memiliki nilai ekonomis tinggi. Kebutuhan kepiting bakau selalu meningkat sehingga perlu diupayakan budidaya kepiting bakau secara intensif. Salah satu perkembangan teknologi dalam budidaya perikanan untuk meningkatkan produksi kepiting bakau adalah produksi kepiting cangkang lunak. Kepiting cangkang lunak merupakan kepiting fase ganti kulit (molting) yang mempunyai keunggulan cangkangnya lunak sehingga dapat dikonsumsi secara utuh. Untuk mempercepat kepiting molting diperlukan berbagai rangsangan yang salah satunya adalah menggunakan metode mutilasi. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui perbedaan lama waktu molting dan pertumbuhan berat kepiting bakau dengan menggunakan metode mutilasi pada kaki jalan dan capit. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode eksperimental dengan rancangan acak lengkap (RAL) yang terdiri dari empat perlakuan, yaitu mutilasi kaki jalan dan capit, semua kaki jalan, capit, dan alami. Biota yang digunakan berjumlah 40 ekor dengan 10 kali ulangan tiap perlakuan. Data yang diperoleh berupa lama waktu molting serta pertambahan berat mutlak kepiting bakau yang dianalisis menggunakan uji statistik parametrik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan metode mutilasi berpengaruh terhadap lama waktu molting dengan waktu molting tercepat pada perlakuan mutilasi kaki jalan dan capit rata-rata 13 hari. Metode mutilasi tidak berpengaruh terhadap pertumbuhan berat mutlak dengan nilai tertinggi pada kepiting perlakuan alami sebesar 53,30 gram. Mud crabs (Scylla serrata) are known to have a high economic value. The increasing demand of mud crabs for consumption rxcequires higher production. Therefore, mud crabs need to be cultivated intensively. One of the methods to improve the values of mud crabs’ aquaculture is by producing soft-shell crabs. Soft-shell crabs are produced during molting phase in which the crab shed it’s exoskeleton in order to grow. In the fisheries industry, the soft-shell crabs are considered to be more valuable as it can be consumed as a whole. Accelerating the production of molting crabs, requires stimulus. One of the methods is mutilation. The aim of this study is to estimate the periods required for molting under different treatments, as well as calculating the increase of total weight of molting crabs.. The method used was an experimental method which contained four treatments. The treatments are mutilation of walking legs and claws, all of walking legs, claws, and no mutilation. The number of crabs used was 40 with 10 replications per treatment. The data obtained in the period of molting and the increase of total weight of the mud crabs were analyzed using ANOVA. The result shows that mutilation affects the period of crab’s molting in which the fastest molting (13 days on average) occurred after mutilation of walking legs and claws. This mutilation method does not influence the increase of total weight and the highest value is showed in non-treated group with the increase of 53,30 grams in weight.

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Ario, R., Djunaedi, A., Pratikto, I., Subardjo, P., & Farida, F. (2019). Perbedaan Metode Mutilasi Terhadap Lama Waktu Molting Scylla serrata. Buletin Oseanografi Marina, 8(2), 103. https://doi.org/10.14710/buloma.v8i2.24886

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