THE SIZE AT MATURITY OF THE BROWN CRAB CALLINECTES BELUCOSUS (DECAPODA, PORTUNIDAE) IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA

• Published in: Crustaceana Vol. 85; no. 12/13; pp. 1513 - 1523
• Main Authors: RODRÍGUEZ-DOMÍNGUEZ, GUILLERMO, CASTILLO-VARGASMACHUCA, SERGIO G., PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ, RAÚL, ARAGÓN-NORIEGA, E. ALBERTO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brill Academic Publishers 01.11.2012
• Subjects: Coastal lagoons; Coasts; Confidence interval; Crabs; Fisheries management; Gulfs; Lagoons; Maturity stage; Ocean fisheries; Species

This study describes the size (carapace width, CW) at maturity of Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859) based on samples from a coastal lagoon in the southern Gulf of California. The study was conducted since knowledge of the species in particular and the genus in general on the Pacific coast is s...