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Table 1 Cardisoma guanhumi. Comparison of carapace width (CW) and burrow opening diameter (BD)

From: Site fidelity and population structure of blue land crabs (Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825) in a restricted-access mangrove area, analyzed using PIT tags

 

Min.

Max.

Mean

Median

Mode

CW (mm)

20.9

70.0

43.5

44.0

44–46

BD (mm)

19

152

63.5

63.5

50–55

BD/CW Ratio

  

1.46

1.44

 
  1. Carapace width (mm) of 1078 individuals (males and females). Diameters (mm) of 106 burrow openings of C. guanhumi measured at the upper margin of the CMA mangrove, Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco State, Brazil. Diameters were measured in May, August and November 2015 and in February 2016
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Helgoland Marine Research

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