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Table 2 Ovigerous females of Callichirus seilacheri

From: Egg production of the burrowing shrimp Callichirus seilacheri (Bott 1955) (Decapoda, Callianassidae) in northern Chile

Month

Number of ind.

Carapace length (mm)

Egg number

Egg length (mm)

Seawater temperature (°C)

Sediment coverage of burrowsa

January

18.6 ± 1.66

February

20.2 ± 0.72

March

1

22.0 ± 0.0

19,846 ± 0.0

1.213 ± 0.0b

18.0 ± 0.85

April

2

20.2 ± 1.10

13,955 ± 6,141.9

0.731 ± 0.032

17.7 ± 1.52

May

9

21.4 ± 0.07

15,953 ± 3,970.5

0.756 ± 0.045

17.1 ± 0.77

X

June

11

21.4 ± 0.07

16,347 ± 3,240.5

0.735 ± 0.041

16.2 ± 1.69

X

July

7

22.2 ± 0.11

20,585 ± 4,573.8

0.713 ± 0.033

15.9 ± 0.98

X

August

9

21.9 ± 0.07

18,002 ± 2,656.3

0.775 ± 0.027

16.1 ± 1.78

X

September

5

22.0 ± 0.15

18,394 ± 2,773.9

0.736 ± 0.048

15.8 ± 0.54

October

17.3 ± 1.44

November

2

21.9 ± 0.46

18,347 ± 6,130.6

0.744 ± 0.032

17.3 ± 1.37

December

2

21.5 ± 0.14

15,833 ± 3,436.5

0.783 ± 0.038

17.1 ± 1.49

Total

48

21.6 ± 0.83

17,450 ± 3,796.8

0.749 ± 0.044

17.3 ± 1.27

 

F (test value)

 

1.91

1.35

6.90

  

Probability

 

>0.05

>0.05

<0.001

<0.05

 
  1. Monthly variation of number of collected egg-bearing females, carapace length, number and length of eggs (independent of embryonic development), seawater temperature, and sediment coverage of burrows during of the study period (January–December 2003)
  2. X covered; – not covered
  3. aAccording to Hernáez and Wehrtmann (2007)
  4. bEggs in Stage III