Research Article

A Histological Study of Ovarian Development in the Giant Red Shrimp Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aristeidae) from the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Table 2

Length composition characterization of Aristaeomorpha foliacea according to the box plot approach, by stage, sex, and years combined.

SexStage 𝑛 MeanMedianMinimumMaximumLower quartileHigher quartilesd

Females11 06923.8324162622262.08
2a3 83531.9331274029343.97
2b3 50748.7849416744535.61
2c55849.384741644553.55.73
2d84951.8051416646576.35
2e62047.5645416044515.34

Males11619.2519.5182019200.86
2a36323.1823212423240.92
2b64727.1727253326281.71
2d9 69933.4033254531363.60