Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines

Table 1

Toxicity of Xanthid crab Demania cultripes (Alcock, 1898) from Cebu Island (2006).

No.	Month of	Weight (g)	Toxicity (MU/g) as TTX
	catch		Viscera	Appendage
1	Feb.	73.3	24.1	3.9
2	May	193.3	10.9	2.7
3	Jul.	162.6	52.1	6.7
4	Jul.	30.9	12.1	7.7
5	Aug.	108.9	5.6	ND
6	Aug.	180.0	11.9	5.2
7	Aug.	197.0	10.6	4.5
Av. ± S.D.		135.1 ± 65.0	18.2 ± 16.0	4.4 ± 2.6

ND; not detected: less than 2 MU/g
Av.; average, S.D.; standard deviation.