Life histories of sympatric mud-flat crabs, Helice japonica and H. tridens (Decapoda: Grapsidae), in a Japanese estuary

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-288

  Omori, Koji ^a   Shiraishi, Keigo ^a   Hara, Makoto ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; HELICE JAPONICA; HELICE TRIDENS; JAPONICA; TRIDENS;

EID: 0030987253     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549279     Document Type: Article

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