Geographic Variations in the Toxin Profile of the Xanthid Crab <i>Zosimus aeneus</i> in a Single Reef on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan

Geographic Variations in the Toxin Profile of the Xanthid Crab <i>Zosimus aeneus</i> in a Single Reef on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan

Toxic crabs of the family Xanthidae contain saxitoxins (STXs) and/or tetrodotoxin (TTX), but the toxin ratio differs depending on their habitat. In the present study, to clarify within reef variations in the toxin profile of xanthid crabs, we collected specimens of the toxic xanthid crab <i>Zo...

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Main Authors: Yuchengmin Zhang, Hideto Tsutsui, Nobuhiro Yamawaki, Yasuhiro Morii, Gregory N. Nishihara, Shiro Itoi, Osamu Arakawa, Tomohiro Takatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
paralytic shellfish toxin
tetrodotoxin
xanthid crab
<i>Zosimus aeneus</i>
stomach content
morphometric observation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/19/12/670

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