Table 2. Length-weight relationships (LWR) for the 22 deep-water crustaceans in Colombian Caribbean Sea.

Family	Species	Body shape	Relationship parameters							Krel Mean ± SD	t-test
			a	95% C.I. of a	b	95% C.I. of b	r 2	t-student	Growth type
Aristeidae	Aristaeomorpha foliacea	Shrimp	1.1571E−05	7.3505E−06–1.8215E−05	2.86	2.77–2.95	0.83	0.00	Allometric (-)	1.03 ± 0.28	1.00
Calappidae	Acanthocarpus alexandri (ϕ)	Crab	1.5821E−04	1.8009E−05–1.3899E−03	3.31	2.71–3.90	0.94	0.28	Isometric	1.02 ± 0.18	0.61
Crangonidae	Parapontocaris vicina (ϕ)(Δ)	Shrimp	1.2994E−05	3.5077E−06–4.8132E−05	2.93	2.63–3.23	0.84	0.63	Isometric	1.02 ± 0.19	0.78
Glyphocrangonidae	Glyphocrangon longleyi	Shrimp	6.5326E−08	3.7290E−08–1.1444E−07	4.09	3.97–4.22	0.93	0.00	Allometric (+)	1.02 ± 0.20	0.95
	Glyphocrangon neglecta (ϕ)	Shrimp	4.4206E−07	2.4300E−07–8.0419E−07	3.65	3.51–3.79	0.79	0.00	Allometric (+)	1.02 ± 0.32	0.98
Leucosiidae	Myropsis quinquespinosa (ϕ)(Δ)	Crab	1.2717E−04	4.3470E−05–3.7200E−04	3.23	2.95–3.52	0.93	0.10	Isometric	1.03 ± 0.23	0.77
Munididae	Antillimunida evermanni (ϕ)(Δ)	Lobster	5.5929E−05	1.7366E−05–1.8012E−04	2.93	2.63–3.24	0.85	0.66	Isometric	1.02 ± 0.23	0.81
	Antillimunida flinti (ϕ)(Δ)	Lobster	4.1815E−04	4.7411E−06–3.6880E−02	2.39	1.23–3.54	0.68	0.27	Isometric	1.02 ± 0.24	0.64
	Babamunida forceps (ϕ)(Δ)	Lobster	4.0042E−05	2.0311E−06–7.8940E−04	2.93	2.18–3.69	0.81	0.86	Isometric	1.03 ± 0.24	0.70
	Garymunida longipes (ϕ)	Lobster	5.6059E−04	3.5499E−04–8.8527E−04	2.30	2.18–2.42	0.56	0.00	Allometric (-)	1.04 ± 0.29	1.00
Munidopsidae	Munidopsis riveroi (ϕ)(Δ)	Lobster	9.2196E−05	1.4943E−05–5.6885E−04	2.79	2.30–3.28	0.91	0.37	Isometric	1.01 ± 0.15	0.62
Nephropidae	Eunephrops bairdii (ϕ)(Δ)	Lobster	3.5531E−06	1.9132E−06–6.5988E−06	3.29	3.16–3.42	0.96	0.00	Allometric (+)	1.02 ± 0.18	0.84
	Metanephrops binghami (ϕ)	Lobster	3.8607E−06	2.7855E−06–5.3509E−06	3.27	3.20–3.33	0.94	0.00	Allometric (+)	1.02 ± 0.19	0.99
	Nephropsis aculeata (Δ)	Lobster	1.0125E−05	4.6940E−06–2.1841E−05	3.06	2.88–3.24	0.91	0.50	Isometric	1.02 ± 0.18	0.86
Pandalidae	Heterocarpus ensifer (ϕ)(Δ)	Shrimp	2.3680E−06	1.0187E−06–5.5042E−06	3.23	3.05–3.42	0.89	0.01	Allometric (+)	1.02 ± 0.17	0.86
	Plesionika edwardsii (Δ)	Shrimp	4.4700E−05	5.4415E−06–3.6720E−04	2.41	1.97–2.86	0.73	0.01	Allometric (-)	1.06 ± 0.39	0.84
	Plesionika longipes (ϕ)(Δ)	Shrimp	8.2265E−06	4.0646E−06–1.6650E−05	2.83	2.68–2.97	0.82	0.02	Allometric (-)	1.02 ± 0.23	0.97
Penaeidae	Penaeopsis serrata (ϕ)	Shrimp	3.6517E−05	2.7011E−05–4.9370E−05	2.57	2.50–2.63	0.78	0.00	Allometric (-)	1.03 ± 0.22	1.00
Polychelidae	Polycheles typhlops (Δ)	Lobster	4.2898E−05	1.4162E−05–1.2994E−04	2.79	2.54–3.04	0.76	0.09	Isometric	1.06 ± 0.42	0.97
Portunidae	Achelous spinicarpus (ϕ)	Crab	5.9070E−04	4.4436E−04–7.8523E−04	2.95	2.86–3.04	0.92	0.26	Isometric	1.01 ± 0.17	0.94
Solenoceridae	Pleoticus robustus (ϕ)	Shrimp	3.6061E−06	2.9410E−06–4.4217E−06	3.12	3.08–3.16	0.96	0.00	Allometric (+)	1.01 ± 0.13	0.97
	Solenocera acuminata (ϕ)	Shrimp	1.1801E−05	5.1777E−06–2.6899E−05	2.97	2.79–3.15	0.87	0.72	Isometric	1.02 ± 0.20	0.91

Notes.

a

intercept

b

slope

C.I.

lower and upper confidence (95%)

r²

determination coefficient

t-student

p-value of t-student

I

isometric growth

A(-)

negative allometric growth

A(+)

positive allometric growth

Krel

relative condition factor

t-test

p-value of one-sample t-test

(ϕ)

No available data of LWR in SeaLifeBase

(Δ)

First report of the LWR in the Colombian Caribbean Sea