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From: Influence of mating strategies on seminal material investment in crabs

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Differences in size and complexity of the vasa deferentia of the brachyuran species studied. (a) Large and complex in Homalaspis plana. (b) Small and simple in Metacarcinus edwardsii. (c) Box plot of annual dry weight of paired vasa deferentia. HP, RS, ME, and TD refer to H. plana, Romaleon setosum, M. edwardsii and Taliepus dentatus, respectively. Boxes: interquartile range of the data (first quartile, median and third quartile). Whiskers: the values that extend to 1.5 times the interquartile range. Circles: outliers.

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