Short Communication: Community structure of prawns (Decapoda: Penaeidae and Palaemonidae) in mangrove inlets of Kuala Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia

TEUKU M FAISAL (Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Samudra. Jl. Meurandeh, Langsa Lama, Kota Langsa 24354, Aceh, Indonesia)
HELMY AKBAR (Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Samudra. Jl. Meurandeh, Langsa Lama, Kota Langsa 24354, Aceh, Indonesia)
ANDIKA PUTRININGTIAS (Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Samudra. Jl. Meurandeh, Langsa Lama, Kota Langsa 24354, Aceh, Indonesia)
SINGGIH AFIFA PUTRA (Lembaga Pengembangan dan Pemberdayaan Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan Bidang Kelautan Perikanan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI. Jl. Diklat No. 30, Pacellekang, Pattallassang, Gowa 92171, South Sulawesi, )

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 20 No. 5 (2019)

Abstract. Faisal TM, Akbar H, Putriningtias A, Putra SA. 2019. Short Communication: Community structure of prawns (Decapoda: Penaeidae and Palaemonidae) in mangrove inlets of Kuala Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 1306-1311. The aim of this research is to describe the structure of prawn community that found at mangrove inlets of Kuala Langsa (Aceh, Indonesia). The survey was done in August 2018. Sampling sites were defined as arbitrarily. Scope netting (mesh size 1 cm and diameter 100 cm) was used to sample the prawn community. Samples were analyzed and stored at The Primary Laboratory of Universitas Samudra, Kota Langsa, Aceh. Five species of prawns from two families (i.e., Decapoda: Penaeidae and Palaemonidae) were found, i.e., Penaeus monodon, Penaeus indicus, Metapenaeus monoceros, Penaeus vannamei, Palaemon sp. The most dominance species found is M. monoceros, and the most infrequently species found is Palaemon sp. Prawn community between sampling sites are found in a high level of similarity, with medium diversity and evenness index, and no dominance indicated.