Influence of size, species and damage on shell selection by the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus

Marine Biology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 31-39

  Wilber Jr , T P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CRAB; NONHUMAN;

ARTHROPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 0025174720     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: 14321793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01313154     Document Type: Article

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