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Biometric relationships of the spotted lobster, Panulirus echinatus, from Tamandaré coastal reefs, Pernambuco State, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2009

Aline do Vale Barreto*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Oceanografia, Avenida Arquitetura, S/N 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
Maria de Lourdes Zani-Teixeira
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-020, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Carlos Tassito Correa Ivo
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Ceará – Departamento de Pesca, Avenida da Universidade, 181 2853, 60020-181, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Mario Katsuragawa
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-020, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. do Vale Barreto, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Oceanografia, Avenida Arquitetura, S/N 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brasil email: avb@ufpe.br

Abstract

Biometric relationships were recorded for 2431 male and female Panulirus echinatus sampled at Tamandaré coastal reefs, Pernambuco, Brazil. The following body measurements were taken: carapace length and width, abdomen length and width, total length, third and fifth pereiopod length, cephalothorax–abdomen and total weight. Twelve relationships were studied to compare the biometric characteristics of males and females. Eleven of them showed difference between the sexes. Comparing sexes with the same carapace length, males have a heavier cephalothorax and longer third and fifth pereiopods than females, whereas females are longer, wider, and have a heavier abdomen than males. For genders with the same total length, males are heavier and have a longer carapace than females, while females have a larger abdomen. For genders with the same abdomen length, males have a heavier abdomen than females. The relationships TWg/TL and AWg/AL showed positive allometric growth for the males. All other relationships involving weight, presented negative allometric growth for both sexes.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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