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Table 3 Reproductive traits for non-indigenous caprellid populations collected at Mallorca in November 2011

From: The tropical caprellid amphipod Paracaprella pusilla: a new alien crustacean in the Mediterranean Sea

Species

Mean ovigerous female size (mm) ± SE

Mean brood size (no. eggs/female) ± SE

Maximum no. eggs (female size)

Partial fecundity index (brood size/mean female size)

Maturity index (min/mean female size)

P. pusilla

4.62 ± 0.14

29.07 ± 3.98

62 (5.40 mm)

7.20

0.66

C. scaura

5.59 ± 0.32

26.67 ± 5.88

72 (7.30 mm)

5.32

0.73

  1. SE standard error