Variable Mate-Guarding Time and Sperm Allocation by Male Snow Crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) in Response to Sexual Competition, and their Impact on the Mating …

A Rondeau, B Sainte-Marie - The Biological Bulletin, 2001 - journals.uchicago.edu
Two laboratory experiments investigated mate guarding and sperm allocation patterns of
adult males with virgin females of the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, in relation to sex ratio …

Evidence for sperm limitation in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

AH Hines, PR Jivoff, PJ Bushmann… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2003 - ingentaconnect.com
Reproductive success of female blue crabs may be limited by the amount of sperm received
during the female's single, lifetime mating. Sperm must be stored in seminal receptacles until …

Abdomen allometry, ovary development, and growth of female snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Brachyura, Majidae), in the northwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence

M Alunno-Bruscia… - Canadian Journal of …, 1998 - cdnsciencepub.com
La croissance et la maturation de la femelle du crabe des neiges (Chionoecetes opilio) dans
le nord-ouest du golfe du Saint-Laurent ont été élucidées à l'aide de distributions des tailles …

Growth, spatial distribution, and abundance of benthic stages of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

M Comeau, GY Conan, F Maynou… - Canadian Journal of …, 1998 - cdnsciencepub.com
La croissance et la distribution spatiale des crabes des neiges (Chionoecetes opilio) des
stades post-larvaires dans un stock relativement peu exploité à Bonne Bay, Terre-Neuve …

Morphometric and gonad maturity in the spider crab Maja brachydactyla: a comparison of methods for estimating size at maturity in species with determinate growth

A Corgos, J Freire - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ontogenetic changes in the relative growth of males and females of the spider crab Maja
brachydactyla, a species with terminal moult and determinate growth, were analysed and …

Contraction of the geographic range of distribution of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the eastern Bering Sea: an environmental ratchet?

JM Orensanz, B Ernest, DA Armstrong, P Stabeno… - 2005 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Over the last three decades the geographic range of distribution of snow crab (Chionoecetes
opilio) from the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) has contracted dramatically to the north. An …

Spatial dynamics of female snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the eastern Bering Sea

B Ernst, JM Orensanz… - Canadian Journal of …, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
L'étude des migrations du crabe des neiges (Chionoecetes opilio) dans l'est de la mer de
Béring a longtemps été négligée. Sur la base de données préliminaires, nous posons …

Male Dominance Hierarchy and Mating Tactics in the Rock Shrimp Rhynchocinetes Typus (Decapoda: Caridea)

C Correa, JA Baeza, IA Hinojosa… - Journal of Crustacean …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
During ontogeny, male rock shrimp Rhynchocinetes typus develop from the typus
morphotype through several intermedius stages to the robustus morphotype, the last molt …

Morphology of the female reproductive system of European pea crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae)

C Becker, D Brandis, V Storch - Journal of Morphology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Commensal pea crabs inhabiting bivalves have a high reproductive output due to the
extension andfecundity of the ovary. We studied the underlying morphology of the female …

Mating and role of seminal receptacles in the reproductive biology of the spider crab Maja squinado (Decapoda, Majidae)

E González-Gurriarán, L Fernández, J Freire… - Journal of Experimental …, 1998 - Elsevier
The reproductive biology of the spider crab Maja squinado was analyzed based on monthly
samples from an 18-month study carried out in Galicia (NW Spain) and laboratory …