intermolt
adjEtymology From inter- + molt.
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Between molts.
- Animals were staged according to accepted criteria and only adults (range of carapace width: 8–9 cm) in intermolt stage were used in the present study.2015 August 12, “Functional Assessment of Residues in the Amino- and Carboxyl-Termini of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone (CHH) in the Mud Crab Scylla olivacea Using Point-Mutated Peptides”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Settling in the hindgut of crustaceans by these organisms is possible only during the intermolt period. During the molting, the eccrinids are discarded [...]2018, L.V. Pavlova, “First Finding of Representatives of the Eccrinida Order in the Digestive Tract of King Crab Specie from the Barents Sea”, in Doklady Biological Sciences, volume 483, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, pages 231–234: