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RELATIVE GROWTH AND SEXUAL MATURITY OF THE SPIDER CRAB, MITHRAX TORTUGAE RATHBUN, 1920 (BRACHYURA, MITHRACIDAE) ON A CONTINENTAL ISLAND OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN COAST BY VALTER J. COBO 1,2,3 ) and DOUGLAS F. R. ALVES 1,2 ) 1 ) Laboratório de Biologia Marinha – LabBMar, Instituto Básico de Biociências – IBB, Universidade de Taubaté – UNITAU, Av. Tiradentes, 500, Taubaté, CEP 12.030-180, São Paulo, Brazil 2 ) NEBECC Group of Studies on Crustacean Biology, Ecology and Culture ABSTRACT Relative growth can be understood as a morphometric relationship of body parts with the body as a whole, described by a mathematic equation. This study provides information on the patterns of relative growth of Mithrax tortugae from Vitória Island, southeastern Brazilian coast (23 ◦ 44 ′ 04 ′′ S 45 ◦ 01 ′ 35 ′′ W). Crabs were obtained from monthly collections by hand during SCUBA diving, between January 2004 and February 2007. A total of 168 crabs was obtained, 64 males and 104 females. Regression analysis was performed among carapace width (CW), as the independent variable, and carapace length (CL), abdomen width (AW), height high and length of the propodus (PH and PL), and gonopod length (GL) as dependent
Crustaceana – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009
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