Reproductive biology and evidence for hard-female mating in the brachyuran crab Thalamita sima (Portunidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 656-662

  Norman, Christopher P ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; THALAMITA; THALAMITA SIMA;

EID: 0030471394     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549185     Document Type: Article

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