A comparison of sperm morphologies, transfer and sperm mass storage between two species of crab,
Ovalipes ocellatus and Libinia emarginata.
Size relationships and relative growth of the New Zealand swimming crab
Ovalipes catharus (White, 1843).
The Hudson-Raritan Estuary as a crossroads for distribution of blue (Callinectes sapidus), lady (
Ovalipes ocellatus), and Atlantic rock (Cancer irroratus) crabs.
borealis and
Ovalipes ocellatus in the New York Bight apex.
Natural diet of the crabs
Ovalipes catharus (Crustacea, Portunidae) around central and northern New Zealand.
La presencia de microtubulos en el interior del tubo acrosomico de los espermatozoides de Brachyura han sido descritos para Cancer borealis (Langreth, 1965), Callinectes sapidus (Brown, 1966), Libinia emarginata (Hinsch, 1969),
Ovalipes ocellatus (Hinsch, 1969), Pinnixa sp.
Natural diet of the crab
Ovalipes catharus (Crustacea, Portunidae) around central and northern New Zealand.
Abstract--Blue (Callinectes sapidus) (Portunidae), lady (
Ovalipes ocellatus) (Portunidae), and Atlantic rock (Cancer irroratus) (Cancridae) crabs inhabit estuaries on the northeast United States coast for parts or all of their life cycles.
(1993) destacaron que los descartes de cangrejos de los generos Calappa y
Ovalipes, tienen alto potencial como fuentes potenciales para la fabricacion de aromatizantes para alimentos, mas que otras especies de cangrejos.
Northern Southern beaches beaches Total Percent Total number frequency of number Prey category of prey occurrence of prey Annelida (Polychaeta) 14 1.8 7 Crustacea 3560 45.7 8463 Amphipoda (Gammaroidea) 938 16.9 513 Cladocera 151 0.3 3961 Copepoda 447 3.8 3449 Calanoida 268 2.3 2165 Harpacticoida 0 0.0 12 Unidentified 179 1.5 2417 Decapoda 1830 27.9 296 Megalopa 476 11.4 35 Zoea 406 4.1 83 Emerita talpoida 251 7.2 160
Ovalipes ocellatus 5 0.7 6 Pagurus spp.
Reproduction in the paddle crab
Ovalipes catharus (Decapoda: Portunidae) from Blueskin Bay, Otago, New Zealand.
3 0.47 5 Trinectes maculatus 5 0.78 5 Pomatomus saltatrix 3 0.47 3 Eucinostomus argenteus 3 0.47 3 Gobiosoma bosc 1 0.16 1 Synodus foetens 2 0.31 2 Strongylura marina 1 0.16 3 Scophthalmus aquosus 1 0.16 1 Mugil curema 1 0.16 1 Sphoeroides maculatus 1 0.16 1 Hypsoblennius hentzi 1 0.16 1 Fundulus heteroclitus 1 0.16 1 Unidentified fish remains 56 8.75 71 Class Crustacea Callinectes sapidus 55 8.59 129 Neomysis americana 13 2.03 90 Squilla empusa 23 3.59 35
Ovalipes ocellatus 13 2.03 15 Lironeca ovalis 6 0.94 6 Callinectes spp.
(epitoke stages and eggs) Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea Homarus americanus (advanced larval stages)
Ovalipes ocellatus (zoea, megalops stages) Procellanid zoea Calanoid copepods Euphausids, spp.
Size-fecundity relationships, mating behaviour, and larval release in the New Zealand paddle crab,
Ovalipes catharus (White, 1843) (Brachyura: Portunidae).