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Measurements of 200 crabs from the genus Leptograpsus, with 50 crabs for each of two colour forms and both sexes. Measurements include the frontal lobe size, rear width, carapace length, carapace width, and body depth.

Format

A data frame with 200 rows and 8 variables:

Type

Species code, with `B` indicating blue and `O` indicating orange.

sex

Sex of the crab, with `M` indicating male and `F` indicating female.

FL

Size of the frontal lobe in mm.

RW

Rear width in mm.

CL

Carapace length in mm.

CW

Carapace width in mm.

BD

Body depth in mm.

Source

Campbell, N.A., and Mahon, R.J. (1974) A multivariate study of variation in two species of rock crab of genus Leptograpsus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 22, 417-425.