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ONTOGENY OF FEMALE PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE MAJID CRABS CHIONOECETES OPILIO AND HYAS COARCTATUS

ONTOGENY OF FEMALE PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE MAJID CRABS CHIONOECETES OPILIO AND HYAS... and The family Majidae comprises 385 spe- cies worldwide (Griffin and Tranter, 1986). Crabs of the genus Chionoecetes constitute an important fishery resource in the North- ern hemisphere (Anonymous, 1989); in the past 20 years the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius) has become a major in- vertebrate fisheries species in Atlantic Can- ada, with landings of 38,048 metric tons and a value of $61,575,000 in 1992 (De- partment of Fisheries and Oceans, 1994). Considerable variation in landings both within the same fishing zone in successive years, and between fishing zones within the same years, has emphasized the importance of improved knowledge of the biology of this species, and of its reproduction in par- ticular. A persistent research effort has been directed at this goal over the past decade for both C. opilio and its Pacific congener C. bairdi Rathbun (see Paul, 1982, 1984; Davidson et al., 1985; Taylor et al., 1985; Conan and Comeau, 1986; Hooper, 1986; Ennis et al., 1988, 1990; Beninger et al., 1988, 1991, 1993; Paul and Paul, 1990, 1992; Comeau and Conan, 1992; Cormier et al., 1992; Govind et al., 1992; Sainte- Marie and Hazel, 1992; Sainte-Marie, 1993; Stevens et al., 1993, 1994; Claxton http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Crustacean Biology Brill

ONTOGENY OF FEMALE PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE MAJID CRABS CHIONOECETES OPILIO AND HYAS COARCTATUS

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Brill
Copyright
Copyright 1996 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0278-0372
eISSN
1937-240X
DOI
10.1163/193724096X00522
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Abstract

and The family Majidae comprises 385 spe- cies worldwide (Griffin and Tranter, 1986). Crabs of the genus Chionoecetes constitute an important fishery resource in the North- ern hemisphere (Anonymous, 1989); in the past 20 years the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius) has become a major in- vertebrate fisheries species in Atlantic Can- ada, with landings of 38,048 metric tons and a value of $61,575,000 in 1992 (De- partment of Fisheries and Oceans, 1994). Considerable variation in landings both within the same fishing zone in successive years, and between fishing zones within the same years, has emphasized the importance of improved knowledge of the biology of this species, and of its reproduction in par- ticular. A persistent research effort has been directed at this goal over the past decade for both C. opilio and its Pacific congener C. bairdi Rathbun (see Paul, 1982, 1984; Davidson et al., 1985; Taylor et al., 1985; Conan and Comeau, 1986; Hooper, 1986; Ennis et al., 1988, 1990; Beninger et al., 1988, 1991, 1993; Paul and Paul, 1990, 1992; Comeau and Conan, 1992; Cormier et al., 1992; Govind et al., 1992; Sainte- Marie and Hazel, 1992; Sainte-Marie, 1993; Stevens et al., 1993, 1994; Claxton

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Journal of Crustacean BiologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1996

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