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 2

Mean wet gonad weight, dry gonad weight (g), water content (% of wet gonad weight) and standard deviation (±SD) prematurity stage in A. foliacea and Aristeus antennatus females.

A. foliacea

Wet weightDry weightWater content

Maturity stageMean weight ± SDMean weight ± SD% of wet weight

I 77.04
II 78.40
III 68.57
IV 65.36
SP 78.45

Aristeus antennatus

Wet weightDry weightWater content

Maturity stageMean weight ± SDMean weight ± SD% of wet weight

I 73.6
II 54.09
III 54.25
IV 59.19
SP 70.91