The male reproductive system in Portunoidea is voluminous in order to produce the sperm
plug, avoiding sperm competition. The portunid crab, Charybdis hellerii, is a successful …

In the brachyuran crab Metopograpsus messor mating occurs only among" hard"(intermolt)
individuals. Our present light and electron microscopic studies reveal that the …

Morphology and function of the male reproductive tract, female spermatheca and patterns of
sperm storage were assessed in the crab Libinia spinosa using histological methods. Testes …

The male reproductive system of P. sanguinolentus is bilaterally symmetrical creamy to
whitish in colour, composed of a pair of testes, a pair of vas differentia, and a pair of …

The male reproductive system of Amazon freshwater crabs Sylviocarcinus pictus and
Dilocarcinus pagei were described and compared in terms of anatomy and histochemistry In …

We studied the functional morphology of the female reproductive system of the purple stone
crab Danielethus crenulatus. The most remarkable feature is the relative storage capacity …

We used an histological approach to describe the female sperm storage organ (seminal
receptacle) of the freshwater crab Limnopilos naiyanetri. The crescent-shaped sclerotized …

To understand sperm plug dissolution and spermatophore dehiscence in Portunidae,
histological and ultrastructural changes in the seminal receptacle (SR) of Arenaeus …

Our aim was to describe the reproductive system of males and the formation of sperm
packages in the seminal receptacle (SR) of recently mated females of the arrow crab …

Although mating has been described in several hermit crab species, the mechanics of
spermatophore transfer have not previously been demonstrated. Evidence from pleopod …