Reproductive Data for Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst)
egg diameter | - |
reproductive season | continuous |
development | zoea and megalopa larval stages |
occurrence | muddy harbors and bays |
references | (1) R.S. Nishioka in A Comparative Histology of the Male Reproductive System of Three Portunid Crabs, 1959, (2) E.P. Ryan in Reproductive Biology of the Haole Crab, 1965 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Arthropoda (sub-phylum Crustacea) |
class | Malacostraca |
order | Decapoda |
family | Portunidae (Subfamily Caphrinae) |
genus | Portunus |
species | sanguinolentus (Herbst) |
reproduction method | sexual |