Table 3.

Comparative size of the measured crabs cuticle morphology elements. The data are listed as average values ± standard deviation; n - numbers used for variance analyses using ANOVA combined with comparison test.

Morphology element/unit	White cuticle	Blue cuticle	Green cuticle	Red cuticle
Canal diameter/µm	0.356 ± 0.061 n = 14	0.477 ± 0.136 n = 37	0.486 ± 0.151 n = 33	0.321 ± 0.0489 n = 27
Distance between canals/µm	1.122 ± 0.423 n = 61	0.973 ± 0.414 n = 23	1.253 ± 0.391 n = 33	1.951 ± 1.163 n = 47
Pore diameter/nm	42.739 ± 8.110 n = 26	20.406 ± 5.448 n = 70	45.475 ± 13.834 n = 90	33.695 ± 6.978 n = 32
Distance between pores/nm	34.024 ± 8.891 n = 20	50.804 ± 10.780 n = 141	43.909 ± 15.404 n = 99	177 ± 47 n = 35
Epicuticle thickness/µm	2.285 ± 0.453 n = 18	1.189 ± 0.328 n = 18	3.471 ± 1.299 n = 30	3.268 ± 1.384191 n = 18
Exocuticle thickness/µm	30.727 ± 5.659 n = 21	29.174 ± 2.759 n = 6	47.030 ± 12.317 n = 22	25.050 ± 12.158674 n = 15
Endocuticle thickness/µm	646.234 ± 135.972 n = 11	510.447 ± 11.905 n = 6	200.615 ± 8.099 n = 4	1033.23 ± 221.34 n = 34