A blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896) individual with partial albino: A case report

ISSN: 1300-1590
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 1984
Yayıncı: Aynur Lök

In this study, a partial albino finding of a blue crab specimen sampled in Köyceğiz Lagoon (Muğla, Turkey) is presented. The carapace part of the individual was in normal colour and pseudo-albinism was observed in most of the extremities of the specimen.

Kısmi albinolu bir mavi yengeç (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896) bireyi: Bir vaka raporu

Bu çalışmada, Köyceğiz Dalyanı’nda (Muğla, Türkiye) örneklenen bir mavi yengeç bireyinde gözlenen kısmi albinoluk bulguları sunulmuştur. Bireyin karapaks kısmı normal renginde olup bireyin ekstremitelerinin büyük kısmında yalancı-albinoluk gözlemlenmiştir.

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