crabs                  package:MASS                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The `crabs' data frame has 200 rows and 8 columns, describing 5
     morphological measurements on 50 crabs each of two colour forms
     and both sexes, of the species Leptograpsus variegatus collected
     at Fremantle, W. Australia.

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

      sp: `species' - `"B"' or `"O"' for blue or orange 

     sex: as it says 

   index: index 1:50 within each of the four groups 

      FL: frontal lobe size (mm) 

      RW: rear width (mm) 

      CL: carapace length (mm) 

      CW: carapace width (mm) 

      BD: body depth (mm) 

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Campbell, N.A. and Mahon, R.J. (1974) A multivariate study of
     variation in two species of rock crab of genus Leptograpsus.
     Australian Journal of  Zoology 22, 417-425.

