Morphology of the megalopa and first crab instar of the shamefaced crab Calappa granulata (Crustacea, Brachyura, Calappidae)

Miscellania Zoologica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-47

  Guerao, Guillermo ^a   Abelló, Pere ^b   Cartes, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calappa; Calappidae; Heterochely; Megalopa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008439008     PISSN: 02116529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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