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| | Ray Bauer research: mating behavior and sexual strategies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | In two such species studied, Sicyonia dorsalis (a penaeoid) and Palaemonetes pugio (a caridean), time-lapse video observations showed that males do not recognize nor guard females that will soon molt and be ready to mate. |
 | | Although the male is not assured of a mating, as are males of species which guard premolt females, he does not have to invest a lot of energy in growth or defense of the female, and exposure to predators is reduced. |
 | | pugio, it appears that a pheromone is released about an hour before her mating molt, stimulating nearby males to a more active search pattern (Bauer and Abdalla, 2000). |
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