Evaluation of Krill Meal in Commercial Diets for Juvenile Swimming Crab (Portunus trituberculatus)

Table 10

Fatty acid composition in the hepatopancreas of Portunus trituberculatus fed with diets with different replacement levels of FM with KM.

Fatty acids (mg g^-1)	Replacement levels of FM with KM
	0	10%	20%	30%
14 : 0	^a	^ab	^bc	^c
16 : 0	^a	^a	^a	^b
18 : 0
20 : 0
∑SFA^a	^a	^ab	^bc	^c
16:1n-7	^a		^b	^b
18:1n-9
20:1n-9	^c	^b	^a	^a
22:1n-11	^a	^a	^b	^b
∑MUFA^b
18:2n-6	^b	^c	^ab	^a
18:3n-6
20:2n-6
20:4n-6	^b	^ab	^b	^a
∑n-6 PUFA^c	^b	^c	^ab	^a
18:3n-3	^c	^b	^ab	^a
18:4n-3
20:4n-3
20:5n-3	^a	^a	^b	^b
22:5n-3	^a	^b	^c	^bc
22:6n-3	^b	^ab	^a	^a
∑n-3 PUFA^d
Total
EPA+DHA
DHA/EPA^e	^c	^b	^a	^a

The . Difference of superscript letters in the same row indicate statistical significance (). ^aSFA: saturated fatty acids; ^bMUFA: mono-unsaturated fatty acids; ^cn-6 PUFA: n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids; ^dn-3 PUFA: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; ^eDHA/EPA: the ratio of 22:6n-3 to 20:5n-3.