Independent variable (x) Dependent variable (y) Allometric growth equation (y=a+bx) ‘r2’ value Carapace width Abdomen width AW=−18.228+0.4563 CW 0.5567* Carapace width Abdomen length AL=−16.442+0.7664 CW 0.3343* Carapace Length Abdomen width AW=−15.232+0.6673 CL 0.7675* Carapace Length Abdomen length AL=−6.664+0.5579 CL 0.4454* Abdomen width Abdomen length AL=−7.886+0.7764 AW 0.7677* Carapace width Chelarpropodus length CPL=−69.334+1.4676 CW 0.6777* Carapace length Chelarpropodus length CPL=−58.665+1.7655 CL 0.3343*

Table 2: Allometric equations and correlation coefficient (r) values between different variables in males of P. segnis.