Length–weight relationship of Charybdis callianassa Herbst, 1789 (Decapoda: Brachyura) in relation to sex and carapace length along the Mumbai coastal water, India

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Table 2 Length–weight relationship of Charybdis callianassa species sampled during September 2019–March 2020 from Mumbai coast, India

Number of samples (N)	Sex	TL (cm)		BW (gm)		Regression parameters
Number of samples (N)	Sex	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	a	95% CI of a	b	95% CI of b	r²
262	M	2.76	3.19	5.30	6.70	0.0038	0.0017–0.0085	0.0038	2.7521–2.9901	0.90
217	F	2.69	3.54	5.26	7.36	0.0245	0.0074–0.0811	0.0245	2.4243–2.7772	0.80
479	P	2.69	3.54	5.26	7.36	0.0116	0.0065–0.0309	0.0116	2.436–3.098	0.83

r², coefficient determination; CI, confidence interval; TL, total length; BW, body weight in gm; a and b, parameters of length–weight relationship; N, sample size; M, male; F, female; P, pooled sex; a, anti-log