Abstract:Species of the gammaridean amphipod genus, Urothoe, commonly occur on intertidal and shallow subtidal sandy bottoms. Sexual dimorphism is reported for some species of Urothoe, but the descriptions are semi‐quantitative, lacking allometric growth models. A distinct sexual dimorphism was detected in Urothoe carda Imbach, 1967 collected from an intertidal sandflat in western Kyushu, Japan, in March, June, August, and October, 2015. The analysis for the total length–frequency distribution and maturity in each sex … Show more
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