Changes in female anatomy associated with the reproductive moult in Paracerceis sculpta, a semelparous isopod crustacean

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• molt 100%
• isopod 95%
• anatomy 76%
• crustacean 75%
• cuticle 11%
• sperm 10%
• pregnancy 10%
• embryo 9%
• semelparity 8%
• oviposition 6%
• metamorphosis 5%
• fecundity 5%
• intertidal environment 4%
• sponge 4%
• breeding 4%
• muscle 4%
• lipid 3%
• gulf 3%
• young 3%
• temperature 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• Isopoda 82%
• molting 69%
• Crustacea 63%
• pregnancy 6%
• spermatozoa 6%
• embryo (animal) 6%
• Gulf of California 6%
• littoral zone 5%
• pouches 5%
• oviducts 4%
• body length 4%
• metamorphosis 4%
• fecundity 3%
• oviposition 3%
• ambient temperature 3%
• muscles 3%
• duration 2%
• breeding 2%
• lipids 2%