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Table 1.1 Proximate composition of some shellfish species (g/100 g)
Protein Fat
Ash Moisture
Clam
Mya areneria
9.7–15.6 1.4–
2.5
1.7
78.5–
87.8
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
Venirupis
semidecusata
12.2–
13.6
0.7–
0.9
–
84.9
Souci et al. (1981)
Mixed species
12.77
0.97
1.87 81.82
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Oyster Ostreadiae spp.
5.0–14.3 0.7–
2.6
1.1–
2.7
76–93
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
7.80
1.50
1.80 84.80
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
Ostrea edulis
6.0–10.7 0.79–
2.1
2.0
80.5–
87.5
Souci et al. (1981)
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Crasostrea gigas 9.45
2.30
1.23 82.06
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Mussel Mytilus edulis
8.0–11.7 0.8–
1.9
1.3–
2.4
80.4–
86.7
Souci et al. (1981)
11.90
2.24
1.59 80.58
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Shrimp Mixed species
16.2–
22.7
0.1–
3.2
1.3–
6.8
69.6–
84.8
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
Metapenaeus
monoceros
20
0.7
2.1
77.4
Venugopal and Gopakumar
(2017)
Crangon crangon 16.4–
21.3
0.8–
2.3
1.2–
1.7
76.7–
79.7
Souci et al. (1981)
Lobster Panilirus spp.
16.2–
21.6
0.6–
1.9
1.2–
3.4
71.5–
81.2
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
20.60
1.51
1.39 4.07
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Homarus vulgaris 14–18.8 1.8–
1.9
1.7–
2.2
77.5–
85.2
Souci et al. (1981)
Thenus orentalis
21.6
0.6
2.3
75.6
Venugopal and Gopakumar
(2017)
Crab
Callinectes
sapidus
11.9–
19.2
0.4–
1.5
1.3–
1.8
77.4–
86.7
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
18.06
1.08
1.81 79.02
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Mixed species
7.2–22.4 0.1–
12.5
1.4–
6.2
61.84.7 Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
Scylla serata
17.5
0.2
1.6
79.2
Venugopal and Gopakumar
(2017)
Squid Loligo spp.
19.9
0.9
0.5
75
Venugopal and Gopakumar
(2017)
Loliginidae
15.58
1.38
1.41 78.55
Silva and Chamul (2000)
Pectinidae spp.
15.2–
20.1
0.3–
1.6
1.3–
1.8
74.6–
85.6
Wheaton and Lawson (1985)
16.78
0.76
1.53 78.57
Silva and Chamul (2000)
1.1 Shellfish