Crustaceans exhibit various patterns of life
history and reproductive strategies, mainly when
habitat is considered. According to M ANTELATTO &
F RANSOZO (1997), fecundity is an important parameter
in determining the reproductive potential of a
crustacean species and/or of stock size of a population.
G ONZÁLEZ -G URRIARÁN & F REIRE (1985) related the
importance of sexual maturity for estimating the
puberty molt for the examination of external
morphological modifications and gonads development