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Table 2 Total number of collected specimens and percentages of ovigerous females and number of juveniles of H. marsupialis from Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt

From: The growth and reproductive biology of the coral gall crab, Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Crustacea: Cryptochiridae) from Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt

Months

Number and %

Total no. of specimens

Mature females

% of ovig. females

No. of juveniles

All

Non-Ovig.,

Ovig.

January

10

10

1

9

90

0

February

18

14

1

13

92.8

4

March

20

15

4

11

73.3

5

April

19

14

3

11

78.57

5

May

15

14

1

13

92.8

1

June

52

35

5

30

85.7

17

July

The area was not visited.

August

36

29

4

25

86.2

7

September

13

12

2

10

83.33

1

October

7

7

3

4

57.14

0

November

7

6

1

5

83.3

1

December

10

9

0

9

100

1

Total

207

165

25

140

84.85

42