New records of intersexuality in porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae)

Abstract The occurrence of intersex specimens of Lissoporcellana quadrilobata (Miers, 1884), Pisidia bluteli (Risso, 1816) and Pisidia longimana (Risso, 1816) is recorded for the first time and their secondary sexual characters analyzed. Intersex specimens were collected in regions regularly affected by pollution. There is a high possibility that intersexuality in porcelain crabs is caused by environmental contamination.

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Main Author: Ferreira,Luciane Augusto de Azevedo
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2018
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972018000100802
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