Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MB, MC migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.2 ecozone: MPW food: bjP, biD, jiCi, jiS class:
MRE = 0.135 habitat: 0bMb, bjMp, jiMb, jiMv gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.046 embryo: Mbf reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 10 13.9 (0.3895) d age at birth ADW
tj18 41 47.57 (0.1603) d time since birth at metam Okam1993
tj11 78 96.3 (0.2346) d time since birth at metam Okam1993
tp 1825 946.3 (0.4815) d time since birth at puberty ADW
am 3.65e+04 3.65e+04 (1.158e-05) d life span ADW
Lj 0.6 0.5689 (0.05176) cm carapace length at settle guess
Lp 8 8.469 (0.05867) cm carapace length at puberty guess
Li 37 36.86 (0.003662) cm ultimate carapace length ADW
Wwb 0.00018 0.0001769 (0.01712) g wet weight at birth ADW
Wwj 0.081 0.06785 (0.1623) g wet weight at metam guess
Wwp 192 223.8 (0.1658) g wet weight at puberty guess
Wwi 1.9e+04 1.846e+04 (0.02852) g ultimate wet weight Wiki
Ri 4110 4117 (0.001797) #/d maximum reprod rate ADW

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Macrocheira kaempferi Unit Description
v 0.02 0.03322 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9519 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 13.1 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8083 - growth efficiency

Facts

  • Largest arthropod, not the haviest (Ref: EoL)
  • At 12 till 15 C, 2 zoeal stages lasting between 12 and 37 d, 1 megalopa stage of 30 d, see ADW (Ref: ADW)

Acknowledgment

  • The creation of this entry was supported by the Norwegian Science Council (NFR 255295)

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