Dean, John Mark, and F. John Vernberg. 



1965a. Effects of temperature acclimation on 

 some aspects of carbohydrate metabolism in 

 decapod Crustacea. Biological Bulletin 

 (Woods Hole), vol. 129, No. 1, p. 87-94. 



Variations in carbohydrate metabolism 



with temperature acclimation. The blue 



crab was one of several species, in which 



physiological factors such as blood glucose, 



the total reducing sugar in the blood, and 



hepato-pancreas glycogen levels were 



determined. Includes a qualitative analysis 



of blood carbohydrates. 



1965b. Variations in the blood glucose level 



of Crustacea. Comparative Biochemistry and 



Physiology, vol. 14, No. 1, p. 29-34. 



Study on the effect of the reproductive 

 stage of females on the blood glucose level 

 of the blue crab and other Crustacea. The 

 blood glucose of crabs increases twofold as 

 eggs are developed. 



Degens, Egon T., Francis G. Carey, and Derek 

 W. Spencer. 



1967. Amino-acids and amino-sugars in calci- 

 fied tissues of portunid crabs. Nature, vol. 

 216, No. 5115, p. 601-603. 



A study on C. sapidus, Oualipes, and 

 Carcinides to identify the factors in the 

 calcification process of the exoskeleton; 

 the extent of mineralization largely 

 determines the flexibility and hardness. 

 The amino-acid and amino-sugar composi- 

 tions of representative regions in the exo- 

 skeleton were determined and related to 

 calcification. 



De Kay, James E. 



1844. Crustacea, p. 1-70. In James E. De Kay, 

 Zoology of New-York, or the New-York 

 fauna, Pt. 6. Carroll and Cook, Albany. 



Description, taxonomy, molting process, 

 distribution, and occurrence in fresh water 

 (100 miles upstream in the St. Johns River, 

 Fla.) of the blue crab (here named Lupa 

 dicantha). Said to furnish a cheap and 

 savory food; fried soft-shelled crabs are a 

 particular luxury, and many crabs are 

 caught to feed hogs. 



de Oliveira, Lejeune P.H. 



1956. Algumas propriedades geometricas 

 propostas como testes auxiliares para identifi- 



cacao dos seres vivos, exemplificadas em siris 

 do genero "Callinectes" (Portunidae, 

 Crustacea). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, vol. 

 16, No. l,p. 17-23. 



Curves and their equations were derived 

 from geometrical configurations of the 

 external anatomy of six species of Call- 

 inectes (including C. sapidus and C. sapidus 

 acu tidens). 



Devillez, Edward Joseph Michael. 



1965. Isolation and characterization of 

 proteinases from the gastric juice of the 

 crayfish Orconectes virilis (Hagen). Ph. D. 

 thesis, University of Illinois, 1964. Disserta- 

 tion Abstracts, vol. 25, No. 8, p. 4791-4792. 

 Gastric juice extracts of the lobster and the 

 blue crab contained enzymatic activity in 

 the alkaline range on P-toluenesulfonyl- 

 L-arginine methyl ester (TAME), but 

 neither extract contained a component 

 common in electrophoretic mobility with 

 the TAME component from the crayfish. 



Donnellon, James A. 



1940. Blood clotting in Callinectes sapidus. 



Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole), vol. 79, No. 



2, p. 370. Abstract only. 



Blood clotting involves both a cellular clot 

 and a plasma clot. Factors that hasten and 

 inhibit clotting are discussed. Plasma clot- 

 ting is initiated by one or more substances 

 liberated from the cells and also appears to 

 be dependent upon Ca. 



Dragovich, Alexander, and John A. Kelly, Jr. 

 1964. Ecological observations of macro- 

 invertebrates in Tampa Bay, Florida, 

 1961-1962. Bulletin of Marine Science of the 

 Gulf and Caribbean, vol. 14, No. 1, p. 74-102. 

 The blue crab is included in an annotated 

 checklist. It occurs throughout the bay and 

 offshore. No ovigerous females were 

 observed and largest specimen collected 

 was 200 mm. wide. Also discusses com- 

 mercial fishery and crab distribution in 

 relation to bottom type. 



Duchateau, Ghislaine, and Marcel Florkin. 



1954. Sur la compisition de 1 'arthropod ine et 

 de la scleroproteine cuticulares de deux crus- 

 taces decapodes (Homarus vulgaris Edwards 



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