The population biology and genetics of the deep-sea spider crab, Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason 1891 (Decapoda: Majidae)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1351, 1997, Pages 365-379

  Creasey, Simon ^a,b   Rogers, Alex D ^b   Tyler, Paul ^a   Young, Craig ^c   Gage, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Oceanographic Institute   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENCEPHALOIDES; ENCEPHALOIDES ARMSTRONGI; EUKARYOTA; MAJIDAE; PYCNOGONIDA; DECAPODA;

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPIDER CRAB;

ARABIAN SEA, OMAN SLOPE;

EID: 0030796878     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0027     Document Type: Article

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