Chapter

Page

About the Authors

iv

Acknowledgments

v

Preface

vi

1. Taxonomy

1

2. Life History

.6

3. Distribution

11

4. External Anatomy

17

5. Internal Anatomy

22

6. Morphometrics

27

7. Egg Condition, Clutch Fullness, and Reproductive Cycle

28

8. Shell-Age Classification

35

9. Parasites, Diseases, and Epibionts

45

10. Collecting Specimens

49

References

54

Appendix 1. Other Lithodid Crabs

61

Appendix 2. Life History Traits

65

Appendix 3. Feeding, Movements, Associations, Seasons

66

Appendix 4. Habitat Associations

67

Appendix 5. Exoskeletal Abnormalities

68

Appendix 6. Color Chart

69

Glossary

70

Index

73