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VOLUME 57 499 Crustaceana Vol. 57 (1989) pp. 1-8 OBSERVATIONS ON THE MATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE INDO-PACIFIC SANDY SHORE CRAB MATUTA LUNARIS (FORSKA Ê L), WITH NOTES ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE MATUTINAE (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, CALAPPIDAE) O. S. PEREZ and D. R. BELLWOOD Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia Le comportement reproducteur de Matuta lunaris est d  ecrit d’ apr Á es des observations en laboratoire portant sur 35 paires sexuelles ant  erieures Á a la copulation et deux actes d’ accouplement. Le comportement reproducteur est celui du mod Á ele typique m à ale dur Ð femelle molle. Il n’ y a pas de s  election signi® cative des paires en rapport avec la taille. Les attentions pr  ecopulatoires varient de 1 Á a 30 jours. Les attentions postcopulatoires sont de moins de 13 heures. En captivit  e, les m à ales ont  et  e polygames. Matuta lunaris montre un caract Á ere peu commun d’ attention pr  ecopulatoire, le m à ale saisissant la femelle avec la pince. Les mod Á eles reproducteurs de deux autres Matutinae, M. granulosa et M. banskii
Crustaceana – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1999
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