"An Unusually Small Egg-Carrying Callinectes sapidus in the Northern Gu" by Robin M. Overstreet, Harriet M. Perry et al.

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Alternate Title

An Unusually Small Egg-Carrying Callinectes sapidus in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Barnacle Loxothylacus texanus

Robin M. Overstreet, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow
Harriet M. Perry, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow
Gerald Adkins, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and FisheriesFollow

Document Type

Short Communication

Abstract

This communication reports the smallest verified egg-carrying specimen of Callinectes sapidus. With a carapace 20 mm long by 47 mm wide, the female measures considerably less than most other mature individuals, but about the same as an average-sized individual infected with an adult specimen of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus texanus.

First Page

293

Last Page

294

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0703.16

Recommended Citation

Overstreet, R. M., H. M. Perry and G. Adkins. 1983. An Unusually Small Egg-Carrying Callinectes sapidus in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Barnacle Loxothylacus texanus. Gulf Research Reports 7 (3): 293-294.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol7/iss3/16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0703.16