Fig. 8

Astropecten aranciacus variations in the gonadal index of different gametogenic stages. Stage I, Recovery; Stage II, Growing; Stage III, Mature; Stage IV, Partly Spawned; Stage V, Spent. The boundary of the box closest to zero the 25th percentile; the continuous line within the box marks the median; the discontinuous line within the box marks the mean; and the boundary of the box farthest from zero the 75th percentile. Whiskers (error bars) above and below the box the 95th and 5th percentiles