Citation: Bakir, W.M.A. & Healy, B. 1995 Reproductive cycle of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber (L.) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) on the east coast of Ireland. Irish Fisheries Investigations 43B: 1-13
Number of Pages: 13
Keywords: Benthos, Crustacea, Decapoda, Dublin, Fauna, Marine, Reproductive biology, Sublittoral
Abstract: In this paper reproductive events in the annual cycle of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber from around Dalkey Island, Co. Dublin are discussed. Monthly samples of approximately 400 crabs were used.