Daily cycle and body characteristics of mating Litopenaeus vannamei shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the wild off southern Sinaloa, Mexico

Mating behavior has been described for very few species of penaeoid shrimps. We describe some of the environmental conditions under which mating of Litopenaeus vannamei took place in the ocean, as inferred by the presence of attached spermatophores on the thelycum of females, combined with the prese...

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Published in:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors:	J.A Calderón-Pérez, S Rendón-Rodríguez, R Solís-Ibarra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2007-03-01
Subjects:	Litopenaeus vannamei ciclo diario de reproducción condiciones de apareamiento Golfo de California diel reproduction mating conditions Gulf of California
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442007000100020