Research Article

Comparative Reproduction Aspects of the Deep-water Shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Aristeidae) in the Greek Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Table 1

Monthly spermatophore and mature ovaries occurrence (%) per size group for A. foliacea and Aristeus antennatus.

Presence of spermatophore

Size (mm)JFMAMJJASOND

A. foliacea

CL < 300000001200000
30 < CL < 40463925444850415051081044
CL > 405461755652504750491910056

Aristeus antennatus

CL < 300033283232320302200
30 < CL < 40055332935343553355200
CL > 4010045334533343347352600

Females with mature ovaries (stages III and IV)

A. foliacea

CL < 30000000000000
30 < CL < 40000003628520000
CL > 40000100100647248100000

Aristeus antennatus

CL < 300000003100000
30 < CL < 400000484136290000
CL > 40100000525933710000