Abstract
1. 1. The chronium contents of the gills, carapace, mid-gut gland, muscle and blood in crabs from a natural population were determined. 2. 2. The concentrations in these organs were found to be rather constant throughout the ecdysis cycle. 3. 3. The Cr content of the A period carapace differed significantly from that in the other stages. This greater content is implicated to be involved in a process analogous to mammalian calciphylaxis and in augmenting glucose oxidation by the epidermal cells. 4. 4. The greater content in the early C period hepatopancreas may be possibly related only to the necessity of glycogen replenishment.
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