U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

PubAg

Main content area

Search

1  Search Results

1 entry found
Number of results to display per page

Search Results

1. Cuttlebone morphometrics and sex identification of Sepia bertheloti (d’Orbigny, 1835) from the central-east Atlantic

Author:
Hernández-García, Vicente,   et al.   ; Guerra-Marrero, Airam; Jiménez-Alvarado, David; Curbelo-Muñoz, Leticia; Castro-Hernández, José Juan;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Helgoland marine research 2019 v.73 no.1 pp. 10
ISSN:
1438-387X
Subject:
Sepia; females; gonads; males; morphometry; oocytes; Africa
Abstract:
... Analysis of 322 cuttlebones of Sepia bertheloti caught in the waters of the Northwest Africa showed significant differences in growth between males and females. Morphometric analysis revealed a relatively different cuttlebone growth pattern between sexes, with males presenting faster growth in length to reach larger sizes and females displaying greater growth in width. This difference in cuttlebon ...
DOI:
10.1186/s10152-019-0531-0