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 3

Female average gonadosomatic index (±SD) of A. foliacea and Aristeus antennatus according to the ovarian maturity stage.

Maturity stageGonadosomatic index

A. foliaceaAristeus antennatus

Average ± SDNAverage ± SDN

I 142 123
II 142 23
III 50 29
IV 124 187
SP 44 22