Population structure and sexual maturity of the calico box crab Hepatus epheliticus Linnaeus (Brachyura, Hepatidae) from Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

The calico box crab Hepatus epheliticus is an abundant species from shallow and continental shelf waters of the Atlantic coast of USA and Mexico. Information about population structure and sexual maturity is absent, even though this crab is caught to be used as bait for the octopus fishery in the Ca...

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Main Authors: Hernáez,Patricio, Rombenso,Artur, Pinheiro,Marcelo A.A, Simões,Nuno
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2012
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2012000200025
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