Notes on the taxonomy and ecology of Aliaporcellana telestophila (Johnson, 1958) (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae), a crab commensal on the gorgonian Solenocaulon

Crustaceana

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 652-661

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Goh, Nigel K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIAPORCELLANA; ALIAPORCELLANA TELESTOPHILA; ANOMURA; ANTHOTHELIDAE; CLAVULARIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GORGONIA; PORCELLANIDAE; SOLENOCAULON; TELESTO; DECAPODA; GORGONACEA;

COMMENSALISM; ECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0029664106     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854096X00655     Document Type: Article

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