Insights of the Population Structure and Breeding Biology of a Xanthid Crab Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1840, on the Rocky Intertidal Region of the Gujarat Coast
Bhavesh R Shrimali, Krupal J Patel, Ashish Patel, Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Mansour Shrahili, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Jigneshkumar N Trivedi · 2024
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Bhavesh Shrimali and co-authors track the breeding life of a shore crab in a 2024 field study. The xanthid crab Etisus laevimanus is common on rocky shores along India's Gujarat coast. For twelve straight months the team sampled a fixed stretch of intertidal rock at low tide, sorting crabs by sex and, for females, by whether they carried eggs. Egg counts, egg size, and egg mass weight were measured against the mother's size.
Males grew larger than females, yet females outnumbered males overall and month by month. Egg-carrying females appeared all year, hinting at near-continuous breeding. Male sizes split into two humps while female sizes formed one. Basic life-history numbers like these anchor any future fishery or conservation call.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bhavesh R Shrimali, Krupal J Patel, Ashish Patel, Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Mansour Shrahili, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Jigneshkumar N Trivedi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |