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Science 21 January 1966:
Vol. 151. no. 3708, pp. 340 - 341
DOI: 10.1126/science.151.3708.340
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Pheromone: Evidence in a Decapod Crustacean

Edward Parsons Ryan 1

1 Department of Zoology and Hawaii Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Males of the species Portunus sanguinolentus display a behavioral response to the presence of premolt females which is the same as their behavior when they are exposed to water in which premolt females have been kept. Release of a sex-attractant pheromone is indicated. When females are prevented from releasing urine, there is no evidence of the attractant.


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