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An Unusually Small Egg-Carrying Callinectes Sapidus In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Robin M. Overstreet, Harriett M. Perry, Gerald Adkins
An Unusually Small Egg-Carrying Callinectes Sapidus In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Robin M. Overstreet, Harriett M. Perry, Gerald Adkins
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
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.