Pheromone: evidence in a decapod crustacean.
Males of the species Portunus sanguinolentus display a behavioral response to the presence of premolt females which is the same as their behavior when they are exposed to water in which premolt females have been kept. Release of a sex-attractant pheromone is indicated. When females are prevented from releasing urine, there is no evidence of the attractant.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003445:Crustacea; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior