Relationship between the coral pit crab Cryptochirus coralliodytes Heller and its host coral

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Simon Blecher, Noa ^a   Achituv, Yair ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryptochirus coralliodytes; Faviids; Parasites; Pit crabs; Red Sea; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ABRASION; ARTICLE; CRAB; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYP; SYMBIOSIS;

CORAL; CORAL PIT CRAB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITES; PIT; REEF; SYMBIOSIS;

RED SEA;

CRYPTOCHIRUS CORALLIODYTES; DECAPODA; FAVIA; FAVITES; GONIASTREA; PLATYGYRA;

EID: 0030619584     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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