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Table 1 Isocheles sawayai: dimensions for each group of interest

From: Use of pleopod morphology to determine sexual dimorphism and maturity in hermit crabs: Isocheles sawayai as a model

Dimensions

N

Sex

Minimum

Maximum

x ± SD

T

P

SL

307

M

3.4

9.8

7.0 ± 1.2

5,752.0

≤0.001

67

F

3.8

8.0

5.6 ± 0.9

SW

307

M

3.4

10.5

7.4 ± 1.2

−9.218*

≤0.001

67

F

4.1

8.4

6.0 ± 0.9

CPL

306

M

4.3

12.3

8.8 ± 1.5

4,223.0

≤0.001

66

F

5.1

9.0

6.5 ± 0.8

CPW

306

M

2.9

8.4

5.9 ± 1.0

5,434.0

≤0.001

66

F

3.3

6.4

4.7 ± 0.7

WW

307

M

0.30

10.53

3.55 ± 1.84

4,624.0

≤0.001

67

F

0.39

4.19

1.42 ± 0.67

PPL

305

M

0.5

3.3

1.6 ± 0.4

14,952.0

0.002

66

F

0.7

3.7

1.9 ± 0.6

EPL

305

M

2.1

9.6

5.4 ± 1.3

10,738.5

0.028

66

F

2.4

8.2

4.9 ± 1.4

XPL

266

M

0.3

2.7

0.8 ± 0.3

19,869.0

≤0.001

66

F

1.1

5.5

2.9 ± 0.9

  1. M males, F females, SL cephalothoracic shield length (mm), SW cephalothoracic shield width (mm), CPL left cheliped propodus length (mm), CPW left cheliped propodus width (mm), WW hermit crab wet weight (g), PPL second pleopod protopod length (mm), EPL second pleopod endopod length (mm), XPL second pleopod exopod length (mm), N number of individuals, x mean, SD standard deviation, T Mann–Whitney value
  2. * t test value