Shell hardness was measured with a durometer for female red king crabs, Paralithodes camtschaticus, held in the laboratory over variable periods up to 107 days after molting. The data were fit best by a hyperbolic equation, with parameters β0 = 0.216 and β1 = 0.019 (R2 = 0.976, n = 199), and an asymptotic value of 50.7 durometer units (DU). The time required to reach 90% of complete shell hardness (H90 = 45.6 DU) was calculated to be 74.2 days. Molting dates for all crabs were hindcast using the last measurement that was less than H90 and were within 2.5 ± 6.4 days (mean ± SE, n = 34) of the actual molting date.
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1 April 2009
Hardening of Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus () Shells after Molting
Bradley G. Stevens
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Journal of Crustacean Biology
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 2009
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 2009
Anomura
molting
Paralithodes camtschaticus
red king crab
shell hardness