“…Assuming that female size is closely linked to reproductive strategies (Hines, 1982), the positive relationship between CL and number of embryos Reproductive strategy of N. schmitti Nauplius, 25: 2017003 observed in N. schmitti is corroborated by previous studies of other caridean shrimps, such as Pandalus borealis (Clarke et al, 1991), Hippolyte zostericola (S. I. Smith, 1873) (Negreiros- Fransozo et al, 1996), Austropandalus grayi (Cunningham, 1871) (Wehrtmann and Lardies, 1999), Exhippolysmata oplophoroides (Holthuis, 1948) (Chacur and Negreiros-Fransozo, 1999), Hippolyte obliquimanus Dana, 1852 (Mantelatto et al, 1999) and Palaemon gravieri (Yu, 1930) (Kim and Hong, 2004). This positive relationship suggests that larger females produce more embryos because they have more energy resources and the ability to use it (Baeza, 2006), as well as more space in the abdomen to accommodate them (Clarke, 1993;Chacur and Negreiros-Fransozo, 1999;Mantelatto et al, 1999). In this study, we also observed that smaller females produce fewer embryos than larger females.…”