Independent variable (x) Dependent variable (y) Allometric growth equation (y=a+bx) ‘r2’ value Carapace width Abdomen width AW=−17.008+0.7656 CW 0.6754* Carapace width Abdomen length AL=−15.332+0.7334 CW 0.6884* Carapace Length Abdomen width AW=−12.552+0.8873 CL 0.7332* Carapace Length Abdomen length AL=−6.7764+0.8979 CL 0.6112* Abdomen width Abdomen length AL=−5.6554+0.9884 AW 0.6442* Carapace width Chelarpropodus length CPL=−59.556+1.5556CW 0.5221* Carapace length Chelarpropodus length CPL=−51.225+1.4443CL 0.5546*

Table 3: Allometric equations and correlation coefficient (r) values between different variables in females of P. segnis.