Chemoreception in two species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Decapoda: Coenobitidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-37

  Vannini, Marco ^a   Ferretti, Jacopo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Departimento Biol Anim G   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COENOBITA; COENOBITA CAVIPES; COENOBITA RUGOSUS; COENOBITIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0031058684     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549459     Document Type: Article

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