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Observations on courtship, mating and sexual maturity in Portunus pelagicus (L., 1766) (Crustacea, Portunidae)

D.R. Fielder Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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A.J. Eales Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Pages 273-277 | Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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Marina S.L.C. Araújo, Aurinete O. Negromonte, Aline V. Barreto & Daniela S. Castiglioni. (2011) Sexual maturity of the swimming crab Callinectes danae (Crustacea: Portunidae) at the Santa Cruz Channel, a tropical coastal environment . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92:2, pages 287-293.
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Michiya Kamio, Matthew A. Reidenbach & Charles D. Derby. (2008) To paddle or not: context dependent courtship display by male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus . Journal of Experimental Biology 211:8, pages 1243-1248.
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Sharon Marshall, Kevin Warburton, Brian Paterson & David Mann. (2005) Cannibalism in juvenile blue-swimmer crabs Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766): effects of body size, moult stage and refuge availability. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 90:1, pages 65-82.
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Cecilia Margarita Guerrero-Ocampo, Maria Lucia Negreiros-Fransozo & Tânia Marcia Costa. (1998) Comparação do peso dos quelípodos e crescimento em duas espécies de "sirís" do gênero Callinectes (Brachyura, Portunidae). Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 41:4, pages 483-488.
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R. K. BISHOP & L. R. G. CANNON. (2006) Morbid behaviour of the commercial sand crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.), parasitized by Sacculina granifera Boschma, 1973 (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) . Journal of Fish Diseases 2:2, pages 131-144.
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