Moult cycle and growth of the crab Halicarcinus planatus (Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae) in the Beagle Channel, southern tip of South America

Table 1 Growth of H. planatus expressed as Hiatt functions for males and females, and also for both sexes per time elapsed in captivity before moulting

	Equation of regression	n	r ²	F	P
Both sexes	Post-moult CW = 1.04 pre-moult CW + 0.67	173	0.97	69.83	<0.0001
Females	Post-moult CW = 1.03 pre-moult CW + 0.76	73	0.96	1744.25	<0.0001
Males	Post-moult CW = 1.05 pre-moult CW + 0.6	100	0.97	3165.31	<0.0001
Ho equal slopes				0.72	0.39
Ho equal ordinates				0.13	0.72
Month 0	Post-moult CW = 1.06 pre-moult CW + 0.61	49	0.97	1398.69	<0.0001
Month 1	Post-moult CW = 1.02 pre-moult CW + 0.79	59	0.96	1448.98	<0.0001
Month 2	Post-moult CW = 1.07 pre-moult CW + 0.36	40	0.96	986.76	<0.0001
Month 3	Post-moult CW = 1.00 pre-moult CW + 0.96	25	0.98	1068.22	<0.0001
Ho equal slopes				1.5	0.2
Ho equal ordinates				2.62	0.06

n sample size, r ² coefficient of determination, F statistic P probability that the slope equals to zero

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