Effect of male/female size ratio on mating behavior of the hermit crab Pagurus filholi (Anomura: Paguridae) under experimental conditions

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 710-716

  Minouchi, Shingo ^a   Goshima, Seiji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS; PAGURUS FILHOLI;

EID: 0031796641     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549147     Document Type: Article

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