This study focused on the reproductive biology of the velvet swimming crab, Necora puber (L.), and its implications for managing the fishery in the Orkney Islands, UK. According to gonadal observation, 50% of the population became sexually mature at 43.8

The crab Necora puber L. is a common predator of limpets, the major grazer on rocky shores in Northern Europe. Information on interactions between crabs and their limpet prey is limited, extending mainly to limpet defensive and predator offensive tactics,

The effects of temperature and salinity on embryonic development, and including diet on larval development of the swimming crabs Liocarcinus holsatus and Necora puber were investigated in the laboratory. The temperature-development rate relationships