Reproductive potential of the lithodids Lithodes santolla and Paralomis granulosa (Anomura, Decapoda) in the Beagle Channel, Argentina

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Authors: Lovrich, Gustavo A., Vinuesa, Julio H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 1999
• Subjects: crab; fecundity; growth; life history traits; southwestern Atlantic; southeastern Pacific; Tierra del Fuego; Cangrejo; fecundidad; crecimiento; ciclo de vida; Atlántico suroeste; Pacífico sureste; Antarctic; Pacific; Argentina; Magallanes; Estrecho; Portan; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/922; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1355

Lithodidae is the only group of reptant decapods that occurs in Antarctic waters and has been particularly abundant in the Beagle Channel, Straits of Magellan and south to 50º S. Because of their abundance in coastal waters, the sympatric Lithodes santolla and Paralomis granulosa have constituted a...