Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines

Several cases of poisoning resulting in human fatalities and stemming from the ingestion of coral reef crabs have been reported from the Indo-Pacific region. We assessed the toxicity of the unidentified xanthid crab collected from the Camotes Sea off the eastern coast of Cebu Island, central Visayas...

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Main Authors: Manabu Asakawa, Gloria Gomez-Delan, Shintaro Tsuruda, Michitaka Shimomura, Yasuo Shida, Shigeto Taniyama, Mercy Barte-Quilantang, Jo Shindo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Toxicology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/172367