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Chemical communication and chemoreception in the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, and the lined shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes

Creator:

Takahashi, Francis Takao

Abstract:

Great importance has been attributed to the visual aspects of sexual communication in semi-terrestrial crabs and although P. crassipes may utilize visual signals, pheromones and chemotactile signals are important in the release of mating behavior. In the subtidal C. magister pheromones seem to mediate both courtship and mating behavior. Visual...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

crassipes by Francis T. Takahashi, Jr. A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial