ON SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE SHRIMP PALAEMON SP. (DECAPODA: PALAEMONIDAE) FROM THE RED SEA

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Palaemon sp < /em>. is common in the Red Sea coast and the sexes are separate. Sexualdimorphism in 35 morphological parameters and 5 meristic characters were investigated in a population of the shrimp Palaemon sp < /em>. collected from the Red-Sea cost. The results indicated that 10 morphological parameters are significanty different, while there are no significant
differences in the recorded meristic characters. 

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