... other, with stronger allometric relationships on land. Using the aquatic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus , and the terrestrial blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis , I measured and compared body mass, merus morphology (dimensions, cuticle thickness and the second moment of area I ) and mechanics...

...-terrestrial) and Gecarcinus lateralis (terrestrial). CA activity was found in mitochondria and cytoplasmic fractions of gill, hepatopancreas and muscle of all three species. Significant activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis (e.g. pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and fructose...