. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. NOTES A SEXUALLY ABNORMAL RED CRAB, CANCER PRODUCTUS RANDALL On October 25, 1965, while conducting the California Department of Fish and Game pre-season crab survey, a pair of mating red crabs Avas taken at lat. 37° 'N., long. 122° 'AV., in 25 fathoms in a connnercial crab trap. The male, 127 mm in shoulder width, was clutch- ing a 11)1 mm female. The female had three vaginal openings, two in the normal position on the segment
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. NOTES A SEXUALLY ABNORMAL RED CRAB, CANCER PRODUCTUS RANDALL On October 25, 1965, while conducting the California Department of Fish and Game pre-season crab survey, a pair of mating red crabs Avas taken at lat. 37° 'N., long. 122° 'AV., in 25 fathoms in a connnercial crab trap. The male, 127 mm in shoulder width, was clutch- ing a 11)1 mm female. The female had three vaginal openings, two in the normal position on the segment bearing the third walking legs, and one on the right side of the segment bearing the second walking legs (Figure 1). Dissection showed that the extra opening was a l>lind sac, leading to the vagiim and seminal receptacle in a normal manner, but terminat- ing with an oviduct 8 nun long; the flaccid seminal receptacle did not contain sperm. The two normal seminal receptacles were turgid and full of sperm. The light-orange ovary was in the early stages of FIGURE 1. Underside of female Cancer producfus showing three vaginal openings. Photo by the author. -Richard Poole, Marine Besonrces Operations, California Fish and Game, Decemher, 1965. (117). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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