Ontogeny of female primary sexual characters in the majid crabs Chionoecetes opilio and Hyas coarctatus

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 501-514

  Lanteigne, Carole ^a   Beninger, Peter G ^b   Gionet, Chantal ^a  

^a Centre Marin de Shippagan   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYAS COARCTATUS; MAJIDAE; OPILIO;

EID: 0029854248     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1548740     Document Type: Article

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