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Emergence Rhythms and First Larval Stage Description of the Crab Chiromantes Boulengeri (Calman) from Shatt Al-Arab, Basrah, Iraq
The rhythmic behavior of emergence (locomotion) activity outside the burrows of the crab Chiromantes boulengeri (Calman) collected from the intertidal habitat of Shatt Al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq was studied in the laboratory, with three light regimes (using 10 adult crabs, for 5 consecutive days for each light regime) …