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VOL. 10, ISSUE 11 (2025)
Morphometric and length/breadth-weight relationship of Lobothelphusa woodmasoni (Rathbun, 1905) from Bajali district, Assam, India
Authors
Manmi Kalita, Manoj Kumar Rajbongshi
Abstract
The present study was carried out to gather the data to study morphometrics,
coefficient of correlation and length/ breadth- weight relationship of certain
body part of Lobothelphusa woodmasoni. A total of 37 crabs were
collected, from November 2024 to April 2025 in the different localities of Bajali
district. The length of first working leg of carapace of L. woodmasoni
ranged from 4.4 to 9.4 cm, the carapace length of L. woodmasoni ranged
from 4 to 8.5cm, the carapace breadth of L. woodmasoni ranged from 3.7
to 7 cm and the total weight of L. woodmasoni ranged 18.46 to 65.34 g.
The mean of first working leg of carapace is 6.7cm, the mean of carapace length
is 5.781 cm, the mean of carapace breadth is 5.15 cm and the mean of total
weight is 34.44g. The coefficient of correlation between total weight and first
walking leg of carapace of L. woodmasoni is found 0.712, The coefficient
of correlation between total weight and carapace length of L. woodmasoni
is found 0.896. The coefficient of correlation between total weight and
carapace breadth of L. woodmasoni is found
0.397. Length/breadth -weight relationship in relation to total weight between
length of first walking leg, carapace length and carapace breadth show the
negative allometry growth. The study provides insights into the morphometric
and length-weight relationship of L. woodmasoni.
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Pages:31-34
How to cite this article:
Manmi Kalita, Manoj Kumar Rajbongshi "Morphometric and length/breadth-weight relationship of <i>Lobothelphusa woodmasoni</i> (Rathbun, 1905) from Bajali district, Assam, India". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 10, Issue 11, 2025, Pages 31-34
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