Morphological maturity and allometric growth in the squat lobster Munida rugosa

Thomas Claverie; I. Philip Smith

doi:10.1017/S0025315409000277

Morphological maturity and allometric growth in the squat lobster Munida rugosa

Thomas Claverie^*, I. Philip Smith

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Aberdeen Centre For Environmental Sustainability

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Abstract

Size at the onset of sexual maturity was determined in Munida rugosa based on allometric growth of chelipeds and abdomen, and on the proportion of ovigerous females. The variability of three different measurements of carapace length (CL) used previously for M. rugosa was also evaluated to minimize measurement error. Both sexes had symmetrical cheliped length and allometric cheliped growth over the size-range investigated, but males showed increased allometry beyond 22 MM CL. Females had greater positive allometry in abdomen width than males, but their size at maturity could not be precisely determined because sampled females were too large.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1189-1194
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Volume	89
Issue number	6
Early online date	15 Apr 2009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409000277
Publication status	Published - Sept 2009

Keywords

Munida rugosa
allometry
maturity
cheliped length
abdomen width
segmental regression
NEPHROPS-NORVEGICUS L.
VELVET SWIMMING CRAB
SEXUAL-MATURITY
AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR
EUROPEAN LOBSTER
CARCINUS-MAENAS
RELATIVE GROWTH
NECORA PUBER
SIZE
DECAPODA

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