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IN all major groups of Crustacea except in cirripedes it is well known that breeding is closely bound up with the moulting cycle. First, the male generally copulates with a female which has just moulted. Secondly, the moulting cycle is often interrupted while the eggs are being carried so that eggs are not lost by the shedding of the cuticle to which they are attached.
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CRISP, D., PATEL, B. Relation between Breeding and Ecdysis in Cirripedes. Nature 181, 1078–1079 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811078b0
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