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Table 4 Cancer setosus: ratios of spine lengths and antenna versus carapace length

From: Temperature effects on zoeal morphometric traits and intraspecific variability in the hairy crab Cancer setosus across latitude

Location

Instar

Temperature (°C)

TL:CL

r–d:CL

RS:CL

DS:CL

LS:CL

Antenna:CL

A

ZI

16

5.51

3.63

1.71

1.74

0.68

0.92

PM

ZI

16

4.86

3.34

1.51

1.60

0.63

0.84

A

ZI

16

5.51

3.63

1.71

1.74

0.68

0.92

A

ZI

20

5.15

3.44

1.61

1.66

0.65

0.91

PM

ZI

12

4.99

3.44

1.53

1.65

0.68

0.87

PM

ZI

16

4.86

3.34

1.51

1.60

0.63

0.84

A

ZII

16

5.00

3.23

1.44

1.47

0.53

0.71

A

ZII

20

5.06

3.10

1.45

1.36

0.63

0.77

A

ZII

24

5.14

2.84

1.44

1.03

0.58

0.85

A

ZIII

16

4.99

3.24

1.52

1.47

0.48

0.80

A

ZIII

20

4.75

2.86

1.30

1.35

0.60

0.77

  1. A Antofagasta, PM Puerto Montt, ZI, ZII, ZIII: zoeal stages, total Length (TL), the distance between the tip of the rostral and the tip of the dorsal spine (r–d), lengths of the rostral (RS), dorsal (DS), lateral spine (LS), antenna and carapace length (CL). Significantly shorter spines are given in bold
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