Occurrence of pseudohermaphroditism in the rock crab, Cancer irroratus Say, 1817, in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-662

  Moriyasu, M ^a   Mallet, P ^a   Comeau, M ^a   Benhalima, K ^a   Ghica O ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

BRACHYURA; CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCER PAGURUS; CANCRIDAE; CHRISTIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0031688343     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00653     Document Type: Article

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