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Sex Distribution and Reproductive Trends in the Deep-Water Species of Nematocarcinus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nematocarcinidae) from Western Mexico

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Two species of the deep-water Caridea genus Nematocarcinus occurring in western Mexico were studied: N. faxoni (1463 specimens) and N. agassizii (169 specimens). All samples considered, N. faxoni, were represented by 35% of males, 59% of females, and only 6% of ovigerous females, the latter occurring throughout the seasons; in the case of N. agassizii, ovigerous females represented 29%. In N. faxoni, size at first maturity was 16.95 mm carapace length. The number of eggs in N. faxoni varied from 1269 to 6882 (average, 3700), and the relationship between ovigerous female size and number of eggs was moderately good. Egg size in N. faxoni (0.50 mm to 0.80 mm long axis; 0.40 mm to 0.69 mm short axis) did not vary with female size.

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Ship time aboard the R/V “El Puma” was provided by the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología and by the Coordinación de la Investigación Científica, UNAM, and partly supported by CONACyT (project 31805-N for the TALUD IV-VII cruises; project 179467 for the TALUD XV and XVI-B cruises). The TALUD project has received laboratory support from the DGAPA (PAPIIT IN-217306-3 and PAPIIT IN-203013-2) and from CONACyT (Project 31805-N for the TALUD IV to VII cruises; project 179467 for the TALUD XV and XVI-B cruises), Mexico. We thank Manuel Ayón-Parente for providing tips and opinions on this manuscript.

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Hernández-Payán, J.C., Hendrickx, M.E. (2020). Sex Distribution and Reproductive Trends in the Deep-Water Species of Nematocarcinus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nematocarcinidae) from Western Mexico. In: Hendrickx, M.E. (eds) Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_10

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