FIGURE 48. A–F in Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean

FIGURE 48. A–F, Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Trindade Island. A, Males fighting each other to access females (21 November 2014). B, Crabs mating, female on top (19 November 2014). Note both first gonopods (arrow) inserted into the female. C, Mating female in hard-shelled condition...

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Main Author: In, First Published
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2022
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Gecarcinidae
Johngarthia
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7626311
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Summary:FIGURE 48. A–F, Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Trindade Island. A, Males fighting each other to access females (21 November 2014). B, Crabs mating, female on top (19 November 2014). Note both first gonopods (arrow) inserted into the female. C, Mating female in hard-shelled condition separated from male (21 November 2014). Note genital operculum (arrow). D, Ovigerous females migrating towards the beach near sunset (4 December 2017 at 6h:30 pm). E, F, Ovigerous females spawning at night (23 November 2017 at 7h:27 pm). Photographs: (A–C) by J.B. Mendonça, (D–F) by A. Pol. Published as part of In, First Published, 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 5146 on page 91, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7626155

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