Latitudinal variation of claw attributes in east coast cancrid crabs

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-235

  Rebach, Steve ^a   Wowor, Daisy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER BOREALIS; CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCER PAGURUS; CANCRIDAE; CHELA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0030916488     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549273     Document Type: Article

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