Cancer borealis


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Related to Cancer borealis: Cancer irroratus, Jonah crab
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Noun1.Cancer borealis - large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North AmericaCancer borealis - large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
Jonah crab
crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
genus Cancer, Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae
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Ultrastructural observations on the sperm of the crab Cancer borealis. J.
La presencia de microtubulos en el interior del tubo acrosomico de los espermatozoides de Brachyura han sido descritos para Cancer borealis (Langreth, 1965), Callinectes sapidus (Brown, 1966), Libinia emarginata (Hinsch, 1969), Ovalipes ocellatus (Hinsch, 1969), Pinnixa sp.
Modification of the spermatic structure of the crab Cancer setosus (Molina, 1782) (Decapoda: Brachyura) during induced acrosomal reaction/Modificacion de la estructura espermatica de la jaiba Cancer setosus (Molina, 1782) (Decapoda: Brachyura) durante su reaccion acrosomal inducida
TNRNFLRFamide and SDRNFLRFamide modulate muscles of the stomatogastric system of the crab Cancer borealis. J.
Allatostatin decreases stomatogastric neuromuscular transmission in the crab, Cancer borealis. J.
Enhancement of muscle contraction in the stomach of the crab Cancer borealis: a possible hormonal role for GABA
Both have since been reported in the stomatogastric system of the rock crab Cancer borealis (Weimann et al., 1993).
The FMRfamide-related peptides F1 and F2 alter hemolymph distribution and cardiac output in the crab cancer magister

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